Comparing Tattooed Chef (NASDAQ:TTCF) and Wing Yip Food Holdings Group (NASDAQ:WYHG)

Wing Yip Food Holdings Group (NASDAQ:WYHG) and Tattooed Chef (NASDAQ:TTCF) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Wing Yip Food Holdings Group and Tattooed Chef’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tattooed Chef	-62.42%	-117.28%	-62.89%

Risk and Volatility

Wing Yip Food Holdings Group has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tattooed Chef has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Wing Yip Food Holdings Group and Tattooed Chef, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Tattooed Chef	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given Tattooed Chef’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tattooed Chef is more favorable than Wing Yip Food Holdings Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

14.6% of Tattooed Chef shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.2% of Tattooed Chef shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Wing Yip Food Holdings Group and Tattooed Chef”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group	$135.19 million	0.40	$7.91 million	N/A	N/A
Tattooed Chef	$222.33 million	0.00	-$141.75 million	($1.01)	N/A

Wing Yip Food Holdings Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tattooed Chef.

About Wing Yip Food Holdings Group

Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Ltd. is a holding company. It engages in the business of processing, selling, and distributing cured meat products including cured pork sausages, cured pork meat, and other cured meat products such as cured chicken, cured duck, and cured fish; snack products including ready-to-eat sausages, jerky, duck necks, duck feet, and clay pot rice; and frozen meat products including frozen sausages, frozen beef patties, and frozen chicken breast fillets. The company was founded on April 24, 2015 and is headquartered in Zhongshan, China.

About Tattooed Chef

Tattooed Chef, Inc., a plant-based food company, produces and sells a portfolio of frozen foods. It supplies plant-based products to retailers in the United States. The company offers ready-to-cook bowls, zucchini spirals, riced cauliflower, acai and smoothie bowls, cauliflower crust pizza, wood fire crusted pizza, handheld burritos, and bars and quesadillas. Its products are available in private label and Tattooed Chef brand name in the frozen food section of retail food stores, as well as online. Tattooed Chef, Inc. is headquartered in Paramount, California. On July 2, 2023, Tattooed Chef, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.