Critical Analysis: Moolec Science (MLEC) and Its Rivals

Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) is one of 665 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Moolec Science to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Moolec Science shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.9% of Moolec Science shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Moolec Science and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moolec Science	0	0	1	0	3.00
Moolec Science Competitors	128	728	960	19	2.47

Moolec Science presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 574.23%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 54.61%. Given Moolec Science’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Moolec Science is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Moolec Science and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moolec Science	-129.97%	-93.88%	-33.37%
Moolec Science Competitors	-17.70%	-42.87%	-0.63%

Risk and Volatility

Moolec Science has a beta of -0.54, meaning that its stock price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moolec Science’s competitors have a beta of 0.03, meaning that their average stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Moolec Science and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moolec Science	$5.62 million	-$7.31 million	-4.45
Moolec Science Competitors	$972.79 million	$78.18 million	51.03

Moolec Science’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Moolec Science. Moolec Science 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

Moolec Science competitors beat Moolec Science on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Moolec Science Company Profile

Moolec Science SA, a science-based food ingredient company, focuses on developing real animal proteins in plants using molecular farming. It offers Chymosin SPC, a dairy ingredient; GLA SONOVA, a nutritional oil; POORK+, a plant-based, animal meat free ingredient with porcine proteins in soybeans; and BEEF+, a meat replacement product. It operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Luxembourg.