Critical Review: Maison Solutions (MSS) and Its Peers

Maison Solutions (NASDAQ:MSS) is one of 63 publicly-traded companies in the “Grocery stores” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Maison Solutions to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Maison Solutions and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maison Solutions	-3.43%	-22.40%	-4.04%
Maison Solutions Competitors	1.20%	11.06%	4.16%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maison Solutions and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maison Solutions	$58.04 million	-$3.34 million	-6.46
Maison Solutions Competitors	$27.27 billion	$510.25 million	140.57

Maison Solutions’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Maison Solutions. Maison Solutions 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 Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Maison Solutions and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maison Solutions	0	0	0	0	N/A
Maison Solutions Competitors	1087	2849	3072	134	2.32

As a group, “Grocery stores” companies have a potential downside of 2.13%. Given Maison Solutions’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Maison Solutions has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.4% of Maison Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of shares of all “Grocery stores” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of shares of all “Grocery stores” companies 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.

Summary

Maison Solutions peers beat Maison Solutions on 9 of the 9 factors compared.

About Maison Solutions

Maison Solutions Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the specialty grocery retailer in California. The company offers perishable products, such as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit; non-perishable products, including grocery products comprising cooking utensils, canned foods, Chinese and Asian seasonings and spices, and snacks, as well as liquor, cigarette, lottery, newspaper, reusable bag, non-food, and health products, and general merchandise, beauty care, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services in its stores. It also offers its products online. The company was formerly known as Maison International, Inc. and changed its name to Maison Solutions Inc. in September 2021. Maison Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Monterey Park, California.