Head-To-Head Review: Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group (OTCMKTS:KWBT) & Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC)

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group (OTCMKTS:KWBT) and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	11.10%	21.06%	14.19%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

49.0% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	$485.57 million	1.75	$54.00 million	$3.64	16.04

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has higher revenue and earnings than Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	0	0	1	0	3.00

Summary

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America beats Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group

Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes bio-technological products for the agricultural market primarily in the People's Republic of China. It offers bacillus species and/or photosynthetic bacteria based biological organic, compound microbial, bio-water soluble, and microbial inoculum fertilizers. The company has a strategic cooperation agreements with the Beijing Zhongpin Agricultural Science and Technology Development Center; China Academy of Agricultural Science's Institute of Agricultural Resources & Regional Planning; and Institute of Agricultural Economy & Development, as well as Kiwa Bio-Tech (Yangling) Co. Ltd. Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Yangling, China.

About Oil-Dri Corporation Of America

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for the pet care, animal health and nutrition, fluids purification, agricultural ingredients, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. It operates through the Business to Business Products Group and Retail and Wholesale Products Group segments. The Business to Business Products Group segment’s customers include processors and refiners of edible oils, jet fuel and biofuel, manufacturers of animal feed and agricultural chemicals, distributors of animal health and nutrition products, and marketers of consumer products. The Retail and Wholesale Products Group segment customers include retailers of cat litter and related accessories such as mass merchandisers, drugstore chains, pet specialty retail outlets, dollar stores, retail grocery stores as well as distributors of industrial cleanup and automotive products, environmental service companies, and sports field product users. The company was founded by Nick Jaffee in 1941 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.