Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) vs. Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) Critical Contrast

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) and Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Utz Brands and Cuisine Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Utz Brands	2	2	6	0	2.40
Cuisine Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00

Utz Brands currently has a consensus price target of $14.38, suggesting a potential upside of 39.97%. Given Utz Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than Cuisine Solutions.

Volatility & Risk

Utz Brands has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cuisine Solutions has a beta of -0.33, meaning that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.0% of Utz Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of Utz Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.1% of Cuisine Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Utz Brands and Cuisine Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utz Brands	0.39%	8.12%	4.02%
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Utz Brands and Cuisine Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Utz Brands	$1.41 billion	1.04	$15.97 million	$0.07	146.71
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Utz Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cuisine Solutions.

Summary

Utz Brands beats Cuisine Solutions on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Utz Brands

Utz Brands, Inc. engages in manufacture, marketing, and distribution of snack foods. It offers a range of salty snacks, including salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, veggie snacks, pub/party mixes, tortilla chips, salsa and dips, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp’s, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, etc. The company sells its products to wholesale and other distributors, grocery stores, convenience and drug stores, discount stores, mass merchandisers, membership club stores, hard discounters, and specialty and e-commerce retailers. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

About Cuisine Solutions

Cuisine Solutions, Inc. produces and markets various food products in the United States. Its products include beef, lamb, pork and veal, pastas, poultry, sauces, seafood, and vegetarian meals. The company offers its products to foodservice, on board services, retail, military, and national restaurant chain industries. Cuisine Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.