Head-To-Head Comparison: Wing Yip Food Holdings Group (NASDAQ:WYHG) and Tattooed Chef (NASDAQ:TTCF)

Tattooed Chef (NASDAQ:TTCF) and Wing Yip Food Holdings Group (NASDAQ:WYHG) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.6% of Tattooed Chef shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.2% of Tattooed Chef shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Tattooed Chef and Wing Yip Food Holdings Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tattooed Chef	0	0	0	0	0.00
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given Tattooed Chef’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tattooed Chef is more favorable than Wing Yip Food Holdings Group.

Risk & Volatility

Tattooed Chef has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wing Yip Food Holdings Group has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tattooed Chef and Wing Yip Food Holdings Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tattooed Chef	$222.33 million	0.00	-$141.75 million	($1.01)	N/A
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group	$135.19 million	0.47	$7.91 million	N/A	N/A

Wing Yip Food Holdings Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tattooed Chef.

Profitability

This table compares Tattooed Chef and Wing Yip Food Holdings Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tattooed Chef	-62.42%	-117.28%	-62.89%
Wing Yip Food Holdings Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

About Tattooed Chef

Tattooed Chef, Inc., a plant-based food company, produces and sells a portfolio of frozen foods. It supplies plant-based products to retailers in the United States. The company offers ready-to-cook bowls, zucchini spirals, riced cauliflower, acai and smoothie bowls, cauliflower crust pizza, wood fire crusted pizza, handheld burritos, and bars and quesadillas. Its products are available in private label and Tattooed Chef brand name in the frozen food section of retail food stores, as well as online. Tattooed Chef, Inc. is headquartered in Paramount, California. On July 2, 2023, Tattooed Chef, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

About Wing Yip Food Holdings Group

Wing Yip Food Holdings Group Ltd. is a holding company. It engages in the business of processing, selling, and distributing cured meat products including cured pork sausages, cured pork meat, and other cured meat products such as cured chicken, cured duck, and cured fish; snack products including ready-to-eat sausages, jerky, duck necks, duck feet, and clay pot rice; and frozen meat products including frozen sausages, frozen beef patties, and frozen chicken breast fillets. The company was founded on April 24, 2015 and is headquartered in Zhongshan, China.