Analyzing Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and Nature’s Miracle (NASDAQ:NMHI)

Nature’s Miracle (NASDAQ:NMHI) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nature’s Miracle and Deere & Company’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nature’s Miracle	$9.63 million	0.46	-$7.34 million	N/A	N/A
Deere & Company	$54.85 billion	1.92	$10.17 billion	$33.22	11.49

Deere & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Nature’s Miracle.

Profitability

This table compares Nature’s Miracle and Deere & Company’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nature’s Miracle	N/A	N/A	N/A
Deere & Company	14.69%	36.71%	7.85%

Volatility and Risk

Nature’s Miracle has a beta of -0.73, suggesting that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deere & Company has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Nature’s Miracle and Deere & Company, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nature’s Miracle	0	0	0	0	N/A
Deere & Company	0	13	8	0	2.38

Deere & Company has a consensus target price of $414.11, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Given Deere & Company’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Deere & Company is more favorable than Nature’s Miracle.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.6% of Nature’s Miracle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Nature’s Miracle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Deere & Company beats Nature’s Miracle on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nature’s Miracle

Nature's Miracle Holding Inc., an agriculture technology company, provides equipment and services to growers in the controlled environment agriculture industry in North America. The company provides grow lights and other hydroponic products; and develops a pipeline to build commercial-scale greenhouse for fresh and local vegetable products. It also designs, builds, and operates various indoor growing settings, including greenhouse and indoor-growing spaces. Nature's Miracle Holding Inc. is based in Upland, California.

About Deere & Company

Deere & Company engages in the manufacture and distribution of various equipment worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Production and Precision Agriculture, Small Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Production and Precision Agriculture segment provides large and medium tractors, combines, cotton pickers and strippers, sugarcane harvesters and loaders, harvesting front-end equipment, pull-behind scrapers, and tillage and seeding equipment, as well as application equipment, including sprayers and nutrient management, and soil preparation machinery for grain growers. The Small Agriculture and Turf segment offers utility tractors, and related loaders and attachments; turf and utility equipment, including riding lawn equipment, commercial mowing equipment, golf course equipment, and utility vehicles, as well as implements for mowing, tilling, snow and debris handling, aerating, residential, commercial, golf, and sports turf care applications; other outdoor power products; and hay and forage equipment. This segment also resells products from other manufacturers. It serves dairy and livestock producers, crop producers, and turf and utility customers. The Construction and Forestry segment provides a range of backhoe loaders, crawler dozers and loaders, four-wheel-drive loaders, excavators, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, landscape and skid-steer loaders, milling machines, pavers, compactors, rollers, crushers, screens, asphalt plants, log skidders, log feller bunchers, log loaders and forwarders, log harvesters, and attachments; and roadbuilding equipment. The Financial Services segment finances sales and leases agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equipment. It also offers wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment; and extended equipment warranties, as well as finances retail revolving charge accounts. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.