Critical Comparison: Rogers Sugar (RSGUF) vs. Its Competitors

Rogers Sugar (OTCMKTS:RSGUF) is one of 330 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Rogers Sugar to related companies based on the strength of its risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Rogers Sugar and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Sugar	1	3	0	0	1.75
Rogers Sugar Competitors	2369	8206	8285	401	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 10.88%. Given Rogers Sugar’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers Sugar has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Rogers Sugar and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Sugar	N/A	N/A	16.00
Rogers Sugar Competitors	$7.21 billion	$702.22 million	-2,369.27

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

25.8% of Rogers Sugar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Rogers Sugar and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Sugar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rogers Sugar Competitors	-13.53%	-146.29%	-4.56%

Dividends

Rogers Sugar pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Rogers Sugar pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.9% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Rogers Sugar lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

Rogers Sugar peers beat Rogers Sugar on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Rogers Sugar Company Profile

Rogers Sugar Inc. engages in refining, packaging, marketing, and distribution of sugar and maple products in Canada, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Sugar and Maple Products. It offers granulated, plantation raw, yellow, brown, organic, icing, maple, stevia, liquid, smart sweetener blend, and coconut sugar; and syrups, jam and jelly mixes, and iced tea mixes. The company offers its maple syrup products under the The Maple Treat Corporation, Uncle Luke’s, Great Northern, Decacer, and Highland Sugarworks brands. In addition, it markets its products to industrial, consumer, and liquid product markets under the Lantic name in Eastern Canada and Rogers name in Western Canada. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.