Post (NYSE:POST) versus Tingyi Cayman Islands (OTCMKTS:TCYMF) Financial Survey

Tingyi Cayman Islands (OTCMKTS:TCYMF) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Tingyi Cayman Islands and Post’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tingyi Cayman Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A
Post	4.11%	11.72%	3.46%

Risk and Volatility

Tingyi Cayman Islands has a beta of -0.42, indicating that its share price is 142% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Post shares 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Tingyi Cayman Islands and Post”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tingyi Cayman Islands	$11.22 billion	0.65	$519.46 million	N/A	N/A
Post	$8.16 billion	0.63	$335.70 million	$5.48	18.08

Tingyi Cayman Islands has higher revenue and earnings than Post.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Tingyi Cayman Islands and Post, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tingyi Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0.00
Post	1	2	5	0	2.50

Post has a consensus target price of $125.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.53%. Given Post’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tingyi Cayman Islands.

Summary

Post beats Tingyi Cayman Islands on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tingyi Cayman Islands

Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp., an investment holding company, manufactures and sells instant noodles, beverages, and instant food products in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through Instant Noodles, Beverages, and Others segments. It offers ready-to-drink teas, juices, bottled water, and carbonated soft drinks, as well as coffee drinks/functional drinks/probiotics. The company also provides property rental and management, logistics, management, and support services; and manufactures and sells bakery products. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About Post

Post Holdings, Inc. operates as a consumer packaged goods holding company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Post Consumer Brands, Weetabix, Foodservice, and Refrigerated Retail. The Post Consumer Brands segment manufactures, markets, and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals under Honey Bunches of Oats, Pebbles, and Malt-O-Meal brand names; hot cereal; peanut butter under the Peter Pan brand; and branded and private label dog and cat food products under Rachael Ray Nutrish, Nature's Recipe, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits and Gravy Train brand names. The Weetabix segment primarily manufactures, markets, and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal under Weetabix and Alpen brands; hot cereals and other cereal-based food products; breakfast drinks; protein-based shakes under the UFIT brand, and nutritional snacks, such as muesli. The Foodservice segment produces and distributes egg products primarily under Papetti's and Abbotsford Farms brands, as well as potato products in the foodservice and food ingredient channels. The segment also manufactures certain meat products. The Refrigerated Retail segment produces and distributes side dish, potato, sausage products under Bob Evans, Bob Evans Farms, and Simply Potatoes brands; eggs and egg products under Bob Evans Egg Whites and Egg Beaters brands; and cheese, and other dairy and refrigerated products under Crystal Farms brand. It serves grocery stores, mass merchandise customers, supercenters, club stores, natural/specialty stores, dollar stores, discounters, wholesalers, convenience stores, pet supply retailers, drug store customers, foodservice distributors, and national restaurant chains, as well as sells its products in the military, ecommerce, and foodservice channels. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.