Contrasting Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) & Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE)

Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) and Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares 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 summary of current ratings for Above Food Ingredients and Australian Oilseeds, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Above Food Ingredients	0	0	0	0	0.00
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk & Volatility

Above Food Ingredients has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Above Food Ingredients and Australian Oilseeds”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.20	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A
Australian Oilseeds	$27.01 million	0.70	-$840,000.00	($0.04)	-17.00

Australian Oilseeds has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Above Food Ingredients.

Profitability

This table compares Above Food Ingredients and Australian Oilseeds’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A
Australian Oilseeds	-2.98%	-104.19%	-4.15%

About Above Food Ingredients

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods. The Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients segment engages in the provisioning of discrete genetics, origination, purchasing, grading, processing, and sale of regeneratively grown grain; and origination, purchase, and sale of bespoke ingredients products. The Consumer Packaged Goods segment formulates, manufactures, sells, distributes, and markets proprietary consumer product formulations in owned brands; and focuses on manufacturing and distribution for private-labeled retail owned brands. Above Food Ingredients Inc. is based in Regina, Canada.

About Australian Oilseeds

Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale oil seeds through its subsidiaries. It focuses on acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all the assets of, entering contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on December 29, 2022 and is headquartered in Cootamundra, Australia.