Australian Oilseeds (COOT) versus Its Competitors Financial Survey

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, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

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	-6.05%	-18.86%	1.40%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$27.01 million	-$840,000.00	-32.75
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	$9.02 billion	$395.89 million	49.70

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Australian Oilseeds and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	825	3663	3919	168	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 probable upside, analysts clearly believe Australian Oilseeds has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds’ peers have a beta of 0.80, indicating that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies 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.

Summary

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

Australian Oilseeds Company Profile

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.