Analyzing Sow Good (SOWG) & Its Competitors

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) is one of 39 public companies in the “Food & kindred products” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Sow Good to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Insider & Institutional 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 insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sow Good and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$16.07 million	-$3.06 million	-60.68
Sow Good Competitors	$7.28 billion	$662.56 million	1.62

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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations 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	1518	31	2.39

Sow Good presently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.29%. As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 22.17%. Given Sow Good’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sow Good has less favorable growth aspects 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%

Summary

Sow Good beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Sow Good

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.