Financial Survey: Sow Good (SOWG) & Its Peers

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) is one of 39 public 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 profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Institutional and Insider 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, 18.9% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Sow Good has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sow Good’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, indicating that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	0	2	0	3.00
Sow Good Competitors	323	1313	1519	31	2.39

Sow Good presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.42%. As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 13.00%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sow Good is more favorable than its competitors.

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	-30.58%	-48.85%	-12.27%

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	-55.03
Sow Good Competitors	$7.28 billion	$662.56 million	2.44

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 8 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.