Contrasting Sow Good (SOWG) & Its Competitors

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) is one of 39 publicly-traded companies in the “Food & kindred products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Sow Good to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sow Good and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	0	2	0	3.00
Sow Good Competitors	325	1321	1522	31	2.39

Sow Good presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 14.59%. Given Sow Good’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sow Good has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

Sow Good has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sow Good’s competitors have a beta of 0.97, meaning that their average share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	-4.21%	-19.26%	-6.42%
Sow Good Competitors	-30.56%	-48.84%	-12.26%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sow Good and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$16.07 million	-$3.06 million	-64.46
Sow Good Competitors	$7.04 billion	$640.38 million	1.24

Sow Good’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Sow Good. Sow Good is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Sow Good beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Sow Good Company Profile

Sow Good Inc. is engaged in producing nutritious products in the freeze-dried food industry. Sow Good Inc., formerly known as Black Ridge Oil and Gas Inc., is based in IRVING, Texas.