Sow Good (SOWG) versus Its Peers Critical Survey

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sow Good and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$16.07 million	-$3.06 million	-57.20
Sow Good Competitors	$7.28 billion	$662.56 million	2.16

Sow Good’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Sow Good. Sow Good is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Sow Good and its peers, 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	1314	1520	31	2.39

Sow Good currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 13.18%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sow Good is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are held by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

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 peers have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and its peers’ 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	-30.56%	-48.84%	-12.26%

Summary

Sow Good beats its peers on 8 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.