Analyzing Mama’s Creations (MAMA) and Its Rivals

Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) is one of 69 publicly-traded companies in the “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mama’s Creations to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations’ competitors have a beta of 0.83, meaning that their average stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Mama’s Creations and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mama’s Creations	3.41%	18.19%	9.22%
Mama’s Creations Competitors	-3.63%	-16.98%	1.86%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Mama’s Creations and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mama’s Creations	0	0	4	0	3.00
Mama’s Creations Competitors	712	3447	3753	155	2.42

Mama’s Creations presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.91%. As a group, “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 18.50%. Given Mama’s Creations’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Mama’s Creations is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mama’s Creations and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mama’s Creations	$128.75 million	$3.71 million	80.27
Mama’s Creations Competitors	$8.91 billion	$404.36 million	24.01

Mama’s Creations’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Mama’s Creations. Mama’s Creations is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Mama’s Creations

Mama’s Creations, Inc. engages in the marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of beef meatballs with sauce, turkey meatballs with sauce, beef meat loaf, sausage and peppers, chicken parmesan, and other similar meats and sauces. Its products include beef meatballs, turkey meatballs, stuffed meatballs, lasagna roll ups, retail ready meals, bulk deli, single-size pasta bowls, and packaged refrigerated products. Its brands include MamaMancini’s, Creative Salads, and The Olive Branch. The company was founded by Daniel Dougherty on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in East Rutherford, NJ.