Critical Contrast: Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) vs. Steakholder Foods (OTCMKTS:MTTCF)

Steakholder Foods (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) and Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.4% of Allurion Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Allurion Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Steakholder Foods and Allurion Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A
Allurion Technologies	-71.24%	N/A	-56.75%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Steakholder Foods and Allurion Technologies”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Allurion Technologies	$34.75 million	0.54	-$80.61 million	($12.00)	-0.60

Steakholder Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Allurion Technologies.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Steakholder Foods and Allurion Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steakholder Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00
Allurion Technologies	0	1	3	1	3.00

Allurion Technologies has a consensus price target of $71.88, indicating a potential upside of 899.65%. Given Allurion Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Allurion Technologies is more favorable than Steakholder Foods.

Summary

Allurion Technologies beats Steakholder Foods on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Steakholder Foods

Steakholder Foods Ltd., a deep-tech food company, develops cultivated meat production technologies in Israel. The company develops alternative protein manufacturing machines, including three-dimensional printers to produce meat, fish, and seafood analogs; and hybrid cultivated meat technologies to be integrated into production processes, as well as hybrid meat blends, cell lines, growth media, and bioreactors. It also offers premix blends as a plant-based alternative for meat and seafood under the SHMeat and SHFish brand names. In addition, the company provides consulting and implementation services. It serves food processing and retail companies; and cultivated meat producers. Steakholder Foods Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

About Allurion Technologies

Allurion Technologies Inc. focuses on ending obesity with a weight loss platform to treat people who are overweight. Its platform, the Allurion Program, features swallowable and procedure-less intragastric balloon for weight loss (the Allurion Balloon), as well as offers access to AI-powered remote patient monitoring tools, a proprietary behavior change program, secure messaging, and video telehealth that are delivered by the Allurion Virtual Care Suite. Allurion Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.