Lassonde Industries (LSDAF) and The Competition Critical Review

Dividends

Lassonde Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lassonde Industries pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.7% and pay out 31.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lassonde Industries and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lassonde Industries	N/A	N/A	24.12
Lassonde Industries Competitors	$13.87 billion	$716.84 million	-321.33

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

24.5% of Lassonde Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Lassonde Industries and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lassonde Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lassonde Industries Competitors	-16.22%	-137.78%	-3.97%

Summary

Lassonde Industries beats its competitors on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Lassonde Industries Company Profile

Lassonde Industries Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of ready-to-drink beverages, fruit-based snacks, and frozen juice concentrates in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company also provides cranberry sauces; and specialty food products, such as pasta sauces, soups, and fondue broths and sauces. In addition, it produces apple cider and cider-based beverages; and imports and markets selected wines. The company sells fruit beverages under the Allen's, Apple & Eve, Del Monte, Fairlee, Fruité, Graves, Hydra+, Kiju biologique, Northland, Oasis, Old Orchard, Old South, Orange Maison, Rougemont, Ruby Kist, Simple Drop, SunRype, and The Switch brands; sauces, soups, and broths under the Antico, Canton, and My Butcher brand names; Snacks under the SunRype brand; and alcoholic drinks under the Aroma Mi Amore, Arte Nova, Au Quotidien, Bistro Mundo, Double Vie, Dublin's Pub, Embarcacion 13, Friolento, Mansao, Ozie, Pomme de cur, Red Plane, and Stefano brands, as well as private brands. It serves supermarket chains, independent grocers, superstores, warehouse clubs, pharmacy chains, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools, and wholesalers through its sales team and food brokers; and sells online. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Rougemont, Canada. Lassonde Industries Inc. operates as a subsidiary of 3346625 Canada Inc.