Financial Review: Sow Good (SOWG) & Its Peers

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) is one of 328 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Sow Good to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sow Good shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	N/A	-458.33%	-136.07%
Sow Good Competitors	-13.55%	-142.54%	-2.56%

Volatility and Risk

Sow Good has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sow Good’s competitors have a beta of -3.87, indicating that their average share price is 487% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sow Good and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	1	0	0	0	1.00
Sow Good Competitors	2449	8299	8374	404	2.34

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Sow Good’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sow Good has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sow Good and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$31.99 million	-$40.64 million	-0.14
Sow Good Competitors	$6.82 billion	$700.97 million	-2,412.79

Sow Good’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Sow Good. Sow Good is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Sow Good competitors beat Sow Good on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Sow Good

Sow Good Inc. is engaged in producing nutritious products in the freeze-dried food industry. Sow Good Inc., formerly known as Black Ridge Oil and Gas Inc., is based in IRVING, Texas.