Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) & Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) Head-To-Head Contrast

Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) and Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Bioceres Crop Solutions has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scheid Vineyards has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Bioceres Crop Solutions and Scheid Vineyards, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bioceres Crop Solutions	0	1	4	0	2.80
Scheid Vineyards	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bioceres Crop Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $8.38, suggesting a potential upside of 210.19%. Given Bioceres Crop Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bioceres Crop Solutions is more favorable than Scheid Vineyards.

Profitability

This table compares Bioceres Crop Solutions and Scheid Vineyards’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bioceres Crop Solutions	-2.14%	-2.37%	-0.99%
Scheid Vineyards	-43.27%	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bioceres Crop Solutions and Scheid Vineyards”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bioceres Crop Solutions	$383.29 million	0.44	$3.24 million	($0.14)	-19.29
Scheid Vineyards	$58.41 million	0.05	-$17.80 million	($26.30)	-0.12

Bioceres Crop Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Scheid Vineyards. Bioceres Crop Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scheid Vineyards, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Scheid Vineyards shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bioceres Crop Solutions beats Scheid Vineyards on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bioceres Crop Solutions

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides crop productivity solutions. It operates through Seed and Integrated Products, Crop Protection, and Crop Nutrition segments. The Seed and Integrated Products segment provides seed traits, germplasms, and seed treatment packs for healthier, and higher yielding crops. The Crop Protection segment develops, produces, and markets Rizoderma, adjuvants, therapies, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and baits. The Crop Nutrition segment develops, produces, commercializes, and sells inoculants, bio-inductors, and biological and microgranulated fertilizers. It also offers HB4, a drought tolerant seed technology program. The company operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, the United States, Paraguay, Russia, South Africa, France, Uruguay, and internationally. Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rosario, Argentina.

About Scheid Vineyards

Scheid Vineyards Inc. manufactures and sells wine in the United States. The company operates vineyards in Monterey and San Benito counties of California. It offers red, white, reserve, dessert wines, as well as accessories, such as wine glass. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Salinas, California.