Financial Comparison: GLG Life Tech (OTCMKTS:GLGLF) versus Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY)

GLG Life Tech (OTCMKTS:GLGLF) and Marine Harvest ASA (OTCMKTS:MHGVY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

GLG Life Tech has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marine Harvest ASA has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GLG Life Tech and Marine Harvest ASA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GLG Life Tech	$10.62 million	0.00	$48.29 million	$1.32	N/A
Marine Harvest ASA	$6.06 billion	1.65	$506.96 million	$0.68	28.53

Marine Harvest ASA has higher revenue and earnings than GLG Life Tech. GLG Life Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marine Harvest ASA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares GLG Life Tech and Marine Harvest ASA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GLG Life Tech	498.04%	N/A	-107.46%
Marine Harvest ASA	5.77%	14.65%	6.94%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for GLG Life Tech and Marine Harvest ASA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GLG Life Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Marine Harvest ASA	0	3	0	1	2.50

Given GLG Life Tech’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe GLG Life Tech is more favorable than Marine Harvest ASA.

Summary

Marine Harvest ASA beats GLG Life Tech on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GLG Life Tech

GLG Life Tech Corporation researches for, develops, grows, refines, and produces natural sweeteners extracted from the stevia plant and monk fruit in Canada and internationally. It also offers P-Pro Plus, a pea protein product; REB M GOLD, a bioconverted Rebaudioside M and Rebaudioside D. sweetener; and natural ingredients. It serves in the food and beverage industry. The company was formerly known as GLG Life Tech Limited and changed its name to GLG Life Tech Corporation in March 2007. GLG Life Tech Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

About Marine Harvest ASA

Mowi ASA, a seafood company, farms, produces, and supplies Atlantic salmon products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Feed, Farming, and Sales and Marketing. The company is involved in the salmon feed production, salmon farming and primary processing, and seafood secondary processing activities. It offers whole fish, plain and marinated fillets and steaks, hot- and cold-smoked salmon, burgers and tartars, patties, gravad, sushi, and breaded products under the Ducktrap, MOWI, and Supreme Salmon brands. The company was formerly known as Marine Harvest ASA and changed its name to Mowi ASA in December 2018. Mowi ASA was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.