Twinkies maker will give food brands a sugar high
| TWNKDelisted Stock | USD 24.40 0.31 1.25% |
About 62% of Hostess Brands' investor base is looking to short. The analysis of current outlook of investing in Hostess Brands suggests that many traders are alarmed regarding Hostess Brands' prospects. Hostess Brands' investing sentiment shows overall attitude of investors towards Hostess Brands.
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Urban legend says Hostess Brands infamous Twinkie is so highly processed it could survive a nuclear war. The actual shelf life is 26 days, but the company formed out of a nearly century-old bakery has proven resilient. After two private equity-induced bankruptcies and a public-market debut in 2016, Hostess is considering selling itself to a food conglomerate like Oreo-maker Mondelez International or cereal company General Mills , Reuters reported last week. Regardless of its next owner, theyll have to be ready to squeeze the last bit of cream from the cupcake.
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Hostess Brands Fundamental Analysis
We analyze Hostess Brands' financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Hostess Brands using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Hostess Brands based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Current Liabilities Comparative Analysis
Hostess Brands is currently under evaluation in current liabilities category among its peers. Current Liabilities is the company's short term debt. This usually includes obligations that are due within the next 12 months or within one fiscal year. Current liabilities are very important in analyzing a company's financial health as it requires the company to convert some of its current assets into cash.
Hostess Brands Potential Pair-trading
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Hostess Brands Related Equities
| THS | Treehouse Foods | 1.88 | ||||
| POST | Post Holdings | 0.42 | ||||
| JJSF | J J | 0.40 | ||||
| NOMD | Nomad Foods | 0.77 | ||||
| SMPL | Simply Good | 1.29 |
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Other Consideration for investing in Hostess Stock
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