Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) versus Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDGF) Critical Survey

Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) and Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDGF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sendas Distribuidora and Ocado Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sendas Distribuidora	0	2	0	1	2.67
Ocado Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sendas Distribuidora presently has a consensus price target of $9.80, suggesting a potential upside of 121.22%. Given Sendas Distribuidora’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sendas Distribuidora is more favorable than Ocado Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sendas Distribuidora and Ocado Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sendas Distribuidora	$72.08 billion	0.02	$142.21 million	$0.46	9.63
Ocado Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sendas Distribuidora has higher revenue and earnings than Ocado Group.

Profitability

This table compares Sendas Distribuidora and Ocado Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sendas Distribuidora	0.89%	13.38%	1.48%
Ocado Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Sendas Distribuidora beats Ocado Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sendas Distribuidora

Sendas Distribuidora S.A. engages in the retail and wholesale sale of food products, bazaar items, and other products in Brazil. The company serves restaurants, pizzerias, snack bars, schools, small businesses, religious institutions, hospitals, hotels, grocery stores, neighborhood supermarkets, and individuals. It sells its products through brick-and-mortar stores, as well as through telesales. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

About Ocado Group

Ocado Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online grocery retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Technology Solutions, Ocado Logistics, and Ocado Retail. It offers online grocery and general merchandise; and customer fulfillment centers and logistics services. The company is involved in the software and robotics platform business that provides the Ocado Smart Platform as a managed service, as well as offers Ocado Intelligent Automation that sells its technology to warehouse environments in non-grocery markets. In addition, the company provides online retail and automated storage and retrieval solutions for general merchandise to corporations. Ocado Group plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.