Head-To-Head Review: CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) and Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG)

CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) and Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.4% of CIMG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CIMG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for CIMG and Conagra Brands, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CIMG	1	0	0	0	1.00
Conagra Brands	6	11	1	0	1.72

Conagra Brands has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.28%. Given Conagra Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than CIMG.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CIMG and Conagra Brands”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CIMG	$10.30 million	0.21	-$4.88 million	($4.00)	-0.06
Conagra Brands	$11.61 billion	0.52	$1.15 billion	($0.10)	-125.75

Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than CIMG. Conagra Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CIMG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares CIMG and Conagra Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CIMG	N/A	-23.59%	-15.90%
Conagra Brands	-0.39%	10.15%	4.28%

Volatility & Risk

CIMG has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conagra Brands has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Conagra Brands beats CIMG on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CIMG

CIMG Inc. is a digital marketing, sales and distribution company for various consumer products with focuses on food and beverages. CIMG Inc., formerly known as NUZEE INC., is based in BEIJING.

About Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer packaged goods food company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products through various retail channels. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature-controlled food products through various retail channels. The International segment offers food products in various temperature states through retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers branded and customized food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for restaurants and other foodservice establishments. The company sells its products under the Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, Angie's, BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera brands. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.