Financial Contrast: Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) versus Top Wealth Group (NASDAQ:TWG)

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) and Top Wealth Group (NASDAQ:TWG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Ingredion and Top Wealth Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingredion	$7.22 billion	0.88	$729.00 million	$10.38	9.73
Top Wealth Group	$9.13 million	0.17	$3.19 million	N/A	N/A

Ingredion has higher revenue and earnings than Top Wealth Group.

Risk & Volatility

Ingredion has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Wealth Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.3% of Ingredion shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Ingredion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Ingredion and Top Wealth Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingredion	9.36%	15.86%	8.66%
Top Wealth Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Ingredion and Top Wealth Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingredion	1	6	2	0	2.11
Top Wealth Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Ingredion currently has a consensus price target of $122.43, indicating a potential upside of 21.26%. Given Ingredion’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ingredion is more favorable than Top Wealth Group.

Summary

Ingredion beats Top Wealth Group on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ingredion

Ingredion Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients, and biomaterial solutions derived from wet milling and processing corn, and other starch-based materials to a range of industries in North America, South America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers starch products for use in a range of processed foods; cornstarch; specialty paper starches for enhanced drainage, fiber retention, oil and grease resistance, improved printability, and biochemical oxygen demand control; starches and specialty starches for textile industry; industrial starches are used in the production of construction materials, textiles, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, as well as in mining and water filtration; and specialty industrial starches for use in biomaterial applications, including biodegradable plastics, fabric softeners and detergents, hair and skin care applications, dusting powders for surgical gloves, and in the production of glass fiber and insulation. It also provides sweetener products comprising glucose syrups, high maltose syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrin, glucose syrup solids, and non-genetically modified organism syrups for applications in food and beverage products, such as baked goods, snack foods, canned fruits, condiments, candy and other sweets, dairy products, ice cream, jams and jellies, prepared mixes, table syrups, and beverages. In addition, the company sells refined corn oil, corn gluten feed, and corn gluten meal; and other products, including fruit and vegetable products, such as concentrates, purees, and essences, as well as pulse proteins and hydrocolloids systems and blends. The company was formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc. and changed its name to Ingredion Incorporated in June 2012. Ingredion Incorporated was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Westchester, Illinois.

About Top Wealth Group

Top Wealth Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides caviar and caviar-based gourmet products in Hong Kong and internationally. The company also trades in caviars; and offers its products under the Imperial Cristal Caviar brand name. It serves food and beverage related distributors. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Sai Wan, Hong Kong. Top Wealth Group Holding Limited operates as a subsidiary of Winwin Development Group Limited.