Save Foods (SVFD) vs. Its Peers Financial Analysis

Save Foods (NASDAQ:SVFD – Get Rating) is one of 25 publicly-traded companies in the “Agricultural chemicals” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Save Foods to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

19.4% of Save Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of shares of all “Agricultural chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of shares of all “Agricultural chemicals” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Save Foods and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Save Foods	$440,000.00	-$4.82 million	-2.49
Save Foods Competitors	$4.39 billion	$487.56 million	17.64

Save Foods’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Save Foods. Save Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Save Foods and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Save Foods	-947.06%	-95.38%	-77.02%
Save Foods Competitors	-367.22%	-21.42%	-16.23%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Save Foods and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Save Foods	0	0	0	0	N/A
Save Foods Competitors	211	826	844	78	2.40

As a group, “Agricultural chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Save Foods’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Save Foods has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Save Foods rivals beat Save Foods on 9 of the 9 factors compared.

About Save Foods (Get Rating)

Save Foods, Inc. develops and sells eco-friendly green solutions to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Its products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aids used in post-harvest treatment added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control both plant and foodborne pathogens. The company also offers SpuDefender product for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect product for controlling spoilage microorganisms on post-harvest citrus. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with an oxidizer, and is capable of cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce safer for human consumption or which lead to various forms of decay in fruit and vegetable. Save Foods, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Lower Galilee, Israel.