Contrasting N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) and Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO)

N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) and Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares N2OFF and Adecoagro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
N2OFF	-2,422.21%	-196.54%	-142.36%
Adecoagro	2.30%	3.24%	1.43%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for N2OFF and Adecoagro, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N2OFF	1	0	0	0	1.00
Adecoagro	3	1	0	0	1.25

Adecoagro has a consensus target price of $9.60, suggesting a potential upside of 23.31%. Given Adecoagro’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adecoagro is more favorable than N2OFF.

Volatility and Risk

N2OFF has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adecoagro has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

61.2% of N2OFF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Adecoagro shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of N2OFF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares N2OFF and Adecoagro”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
N2OFF	$210,000.00	18.28	-$5.19 million	N/A	N/A
Adecoagro	$1.52 billion	0.51	$92.34 million	$0.35	22.24

Adecoagro has higher revenue and earnings than N2OFF.

Summary

Adecoagro beats N2OFF on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About N2OFF

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.

About Adecoagro

Adecoagro S.A. operates as an agro-industrial company in South America. The company mainly operates through three segments: Farming; Sugar, Ethanol and Energy; and Land Transformation. It engages in farming crops, rice and other agricultural products, dairy operations, and land transformation activities, as well as sugar, ethanol, and energy production activities. The company is involved in the planting, harvesting, and sale of grains, oilseeds, and fibers, including wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, sunflowers, and others; provision of grain warehousing/conditioning, handling, and drying services to third parties; and purchase and sale of crops produced by third parties. It also plants, harvests, processes, and markets rice; and produces and sells raw milk, UHT, cheese, and powder milk. In addition, the company engages in the cultivating and transforming of sugarcane into ethanol, sugar, and electricity. Further, it is involved in the identification and acquisition of underdeveloped and undermanaged farmland, and the realization of value through the strategic disposition of assets. Adecoagro S.A. was founded in 2002 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.