Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY) vs. Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) Head to Head Contrast

Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) and Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY) 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 valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Mama’s Creations and Oatly Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mama’s Creations	0	2	6	1	2.89
Oatly Group	1	1	4	0	2.50

Mama’s Creations currently has a consensus price target of $19.86, suggesting a potential upside of 52.75%. Oatly Group has a consensus price target of $14.31, suggesting a potential upside of 86.81%. Given Oatly Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oatly Group is more favorable than Mama’s Creations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mama’s Creations and Oatly Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mama’s Creations	$171.71 million	3.57	$5.29 million	$0.17	76.47
Oatly Group	$862.46 million	0.28	-$152.77 million	($2.84)	-2.70

Mama’s Creations has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oatly Group. Oatly Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mama’s Creations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Oatly Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Oatly Group 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.

Profitability

This table compares Mama’s Creations and Oatly Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mama’s Creations	3.53%	10.05%	7.12%
Oatly Group	-9.51%	-2,479.86%	-11.98%

Volatility & Risk

Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oatly Group has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats Oatly Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mama’s Creations

Mama’s Creations, Inc. makes and markets refrigerated, ready-to-eat prepared foods for grocery retailers and other food sellers. Its products include meatballs, entrées, side dishes, salads, dips and spreads, sold under its own and other brands. The company’s offerings are designed for deli departments and prepared-food sections, as well as foodservice and other retail channels. Mama’s Creations is based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and serves customers across the United States. The company was previously known as MamaMancini’s Holdings, Inc. before adopting the Mama’s Creations name in 2023, reflecting its broader prepared-food business.

About Oatly Group

Oatly Group AB is a Swedish food and beverage company focused on oat-based alternatives to dairy products. Founded in the 1990s and headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the company traces its origins to research into using oats to create alternatives for people who cannot or choose not to consume dairy. Oatly’s products include oat drinks, cooking creams, yogurt-style products and frozen desserts. The company sells its products under the Oatly brand through grocery retailers, food-service businesses and other channels.