Comparing UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) and Nvni Group (NASDAQ:NVNI)

UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) and Nvni Group (NASDAQ:NVNI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares UBE and Nvni Group’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UBE	$5.84 billion	0.28	$218.05 million	$1.10	7.11
Nvni Group	$124.55 million	0.08	N/A	N/A	N/A

UBE has higher revenue and earnings than Nvni Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for UBE and Nvni Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UBE	0	0	0	0	N/A
Nvni Group	0	0	1	0	3.00

Nvni Group has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 382.49%. Given Nvni Group’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nvni Group is more favorable than UBE.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.5% of Nvni Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Nvni Group shares are owned by 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.

Risk & Volatility

UBE has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nvni Group has a beta of -0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares UBE and Nvni Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UBE	3.73%	7.60%	3.66%
Nvni Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

UBE beats Nvni Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About UBE

Ube Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the chemicals, construction materials, and machinery businesses in Japan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Chemicals, Construction Materials, Machinery, and Others. It offers synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, caprolactam, industrial chemicals, liquefied gas, polyethylene, ammonium sulfate, polyimide, battery materials, separation membranes, fine chemicals, ceramics, high purity chemicals, semiconductor gas products, products for polyurethane resins, aerospace materials, inorganic fiber, and high temperature paints. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for APIs and intermediates; aromatic SF5 compounds; FLUOLEAD, a novel nucleophilic fluorinating agent; and drug discovery and pipeline services. In addition, it offers cement products, ready mixed concrete, soil stabilizing cement, building materials, limestone, calcia and magnesia, specialty inorganic materials, and resource recycling, as well as imports and sells coal. Further, the company is involved in the supply of electric power. Additionally, it provides die-casting and injection molding machines, and extrusion presses; and UBE vertical mills, kilins, furnaces, dryers, water screening equipment, storage and transportation systems, bridges and steel structures, and steel billets and casting. The company also manufactures and sells nylon, plastic films, polypropylene molded products, fibers, fiber-reinforced plastics, electronic and information materials, magnesia clinker, quicklime, slaked lime, and cast iron; and offers coastal shipping, port transportation, containers, collection and transport of industrial waste, trading, and engineering services. In addition, it engages in the purchase, sale, and leasing of real estate properties. Ube Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Nvni Group

Nvni Group Limited provides a business to business SaaS platform that offers cloud solutions. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.