Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (HOST) vs Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. and Lifeway Foods, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Lifeway Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $331.0M against $225.6M — 1.5× the size. Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lifeway Foods, Inc. trades at 30.2×. Lifeway Foods, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.6% against −7.33%. Lifeway Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.48% vs −13.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.89% vs −52.8%). Across the 17 metrics below, Lifeway Foods, Inc. leads on 11 and Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric HOST LWAY Packaged Foods median
P/E n/m 30.19 12.69
P/S 0.07 1.36 0.61
P/B 1.36 3.90 1.47
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 8.50
EV/EBITDA n/m 17.29 8.20
EV/Sales 0.12 1.43 0.85
Earnings yield (239.18%) 3.31% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (56.27%) (9.37%) 6.05%

Profitability

Metric HOST LWAY Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 38.64% 25.64% 27.54%
Operating margin (8.67%) 6.49% 0.00%
Net margin (13.26%) 4.48% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (3.69%) (12.74%) 2.56%
Return on equity (207.80%) 13.32% 0.00%
Return on assets (30.02%) 9.43% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (52.80%) 9.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HOST LWAY Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.33%) 25.59% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 50.00% 48.33% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 15.81% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 33.80% 0.00%

Health

Metric HOST LWAY Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 1.38 0.26 0.26
Current ratio 0.51 2.09 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.49 (0.28) 0.87

Dividend

Metric HOST LWAY Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — — 3.21%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric HOST LWAY Packaged Foods median
Market cap 225.60m 330.99m 245.45m

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