Australian Oilseeds (COOT) & Its Peers Critical Comparison

Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) is one of 69 publicly-traded companies in the “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Australian Oilseeds to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

13.0% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$27.01 million	-$840,000.00	-42.75
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	$8.99 billion	$395.89 million	17.79

Australian Oilseeds’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Australian Oilseeds. Australian Oilseeds 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.

Volatility & Risk

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds’ peers have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and its peers’ 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%
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	-6.16%	-19.15%	1.26%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Australian Oilseeds and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	807	3623	3887	164	2.40

As a group, “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 26.97%. Given Australian Oilseeds’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Australian Oilseeds has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Australian Oilseeds peers beat Australian Oilseeds on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

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.