Critical Comparison: Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) vs. Davis Commodities (NASDAQ:DTCK)

Davis Commodities (NASDAQ:DTCK) and Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) 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 profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Davis Commodities has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bioceres Crop Solutions has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Davis Commodities and Bioceres Crop Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Davis Commodities	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bioceres Crop Solutions	-82.83%	-22.43%	-8.13%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Davis Commodities and Bioceres Crop Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Davis Commodities	1	0	0	0	1.00
Bioceres Crop Solutions	1	2	1	0	2.00

Bioceres Crop Solutions has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 742.11%. Given Bioceres Crop Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bioceres Crop Solutions is more favorable than Davis Commodities.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.8% of Davis Commodities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Davis Commodities and Bioceres Crop Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Davis Commodities	$160.53 million	0.01	-$3.53 million	N/A	N/A
Bioceres Crop Solutions	$333.30 million	0.09	-$55.42 million	($3.72)	-0.13

Davis Commodities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bioceres Crop Solutions.

Summary

Bioceres Crop Solutions beats Davis Commodities on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Davis Commodities

Davis Commodities Limited, an investment holding company, operates as an agricultural commodity trading company in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The company trades in agricultural commodities, including sugar, rice, and oil and fat products under the Maxwill and Taffy brands. It also provides warehouse storage and logistic, as well as agency services. Davis Commodities Limited was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. The company operates as a subsidiary of Davis & KT Holdings Pte. Ltd.

About Bioceres Crop Solutions

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides crop productivity solutions. It operates through Seed and Integrated Products, Crop Protection, and Crop Nutrition segments. The Seed and Integrated Products segment provides seed traits, germplasms, and seed treatment packs for healthier, and higher yielding crops. The Crop Protection segment develops, produces, and markets Rizoderma, adjuvants, therapies, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and baits. The Crop Nutrition segment develops, produces, commercializes, and sells inoculants, bio-inductors, and biological and microgranulated fertilizers. It also offers HB4, a drought tolerant seed technology program. The company operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, the United States, Paraguay, Russia, South Africa, France, Uruguay, and internationally. Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rosario, Argentina.