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

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Australian Oilseeds and Above Food Ingredients, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

13.0% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are held 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 Australian Oilseeds and Above Food Ingredients”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$27.01 million	0.75	-$840,000.00	($0.04)	-18.16
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.22	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A

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

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.

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.