Critical Survey: Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT) versus Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY)

Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT) and Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.3% of Sadot Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ahold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sadot Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sadot Group and Ahold”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sadot Group	$246.90 million	0.04	-$93.39 million	($299.60)	-0.05
Ahold	$104.46 billion	0.36	$2.56 billion	€2.93	14.38

Ahold has higher revenue and earnings than Sadot Group. Sadot Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ahold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Sadot Group has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ahold has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sadot Group and Ahold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sadot Group	-37.82%	-963.54%	-188.85%
Ahold	2.48%	16.97%	4.91%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Sadot Group and Ahold, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sadot Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Ahold	0	3	0	2	2.80

Summary

Ahold beats Sadot Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sadot Group

Sadot Group Inc. provides supply chain solutions that address growing food security challenges worldwide. The company is involved in the agri-commodity sourcing and trading operations for food/feed products, such as soybean meal, wheat, and corn; and farm operations, including producing grains and tree crops in Southern Africa. The company is also involved in the food service operations across the United States. The company was formerly known as Muscle Maker Inc. and changed its name to Sadot Group Inc. Sadot Group Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

About Ahold

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. operates retail food stores and e-commerce in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company's stores offer produce, dairy, meat, deli, bakery, seafood, and frozen products; grocery, beer, and wine; floral, pet food, health and beauty care, kitchen and cookware, gardening tools, general merchandise articles, electronics, newspapers and magazines, tobacco, etc.; gasoline; and pharmacy products. It operates its supermarkets, convenience stores, and online stores under the Food Lion, Stop & Shop, The GIANT Company, Hannaford, Giant Food, FreshDirect, Albert Heijn, bol.com, Etos, Gall & Gall, Delhaize, Albert, Alfa Beta Vassilopoulos, Mega Image, Delhaize Serbia, Peapod Digital labs, and Retail Business Service brands. The company was formerly known as Koninklijke Ahold N.V. and changed its name to Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. in July 2016. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Zaandam, the Netherlands.