The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) versus Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY) Financial Analysis

The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) and Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for The Hain Celestial Group and Marine Harvest ASA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Hain Celestial Group	2	6	0	0	1.75
Marine Harvest ASA	0	1	0	2	3.33

The Hain Celestial Group presently has a consensus price target of $1.26, suggesting a potential upside of 57.86%. Given The Hain Celestial Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Marine Harvest ASA.

Profitability

This table compares The Hain Celestial Group and Marine Harvest ASA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Hain Celestial Group	-35.47%	-3.52%	-0.89%
Marine Harvest ASA	15.18%	12.23%	5.64%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares The Hain Celestial Group and Marine Harvest ASA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Hain Celestial Group	$1.56 billion	0.05	-$530.84 million	($5.74)	-0.14
Marine Harvest ASA	$6.47 billion	1.70	$812.34 million	$1.88	11.11

Marine Harvest ASA has higher revenue and earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Harvest ASA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Harvest ASA has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Marine Harvest ASA beats The Hain Celestial Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About The Hain Celestial Group

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells organic and natural products in United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments: North America and International. The company offers infant formula; infant, toddler, and kids' food; plant-based beverages and frozen desserts, such as soy, rice, oat, and spelt; and condiments. It also provides cooking and culinary oils; cereal bars; fresh and aseptic soups; yogurts; and nut butters. In addition, the company offers hot-eating desserts, refrigerated and frozen plant-based meat-alternative products, jams, fruit spreads, jellies, honey, natural sweeteners, syrups, dessert sauces, and marmalade products, as well as other food products. Further, it provides snack products comprising potato, root vegetable and other exotic vegetable chips, straws, tortilla chips; and personal care products that include hand, skin, hair, and oral care products, as well as deodorants, baby food, sunscreens, and other products under the Alba Botanica, Avalon Organics, Earth's Best, JASON, Live Clean, and Queen Helene brands name. Additionally, the company offers herbal, green, black, wellness, rooibos, and chai tea under the Celestial Seasonings brand. It sells pantry products under the Spectrum, Spectrum Essentials, MaraNatha, Imagine broths, Hain Pure Foods, Health Valley, and Hollywood brands. It sells its products through specialty and natural food distributors, supermarkets, natural food stores, mass-market and e-commerce retailers, food service channels and clubs, and drug and convenience stores. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.

About Marine Harvest ASA

Mowi ASA, a seafood company, farms, produces, and supplies Atlantic salmon products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Feed, Farming, and Sales and Marketing. The company is involved in the salmon feed production, salmon farming and primary processing, and seafood secondary processing activities. It offers whole fish, plain and marinated fillets and steaks, hot- and cold-smoked salmon, burgers and tartars, patties, gravad, sushi, and breaded products under the Ducktrap, MOWI, and Supreme Salmon brands. The company was formerly known as Marine Harvest ASA and changed its name to Mowi ASA in December 2018. Mowi ASA was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.