Financial Survey: Oatly Group (OTLY) and Its Competitors

Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY – Get Rating) is one of 31 public companies in the “Food & kindred products” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Oatly Group to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Oatly Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oatly Group	-39.96%	-20.87%	-16.55%
Oatly Group Competitors	-8.95%	-5.64%	-1.43%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

21.1% of Oatly Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Oatly Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oatly Group	1	7	12	0	2.55
Oatly Group Competitors	421	1379	1372	33	2.32

Oatly Group presently has a consensus price target of 14.37, suggesting a potential upside of 287.35%. As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 26.33%. Given Oatly Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Oatly Group is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oatly Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oatly Group	$643.19 million	-$212.39 million	-8.07
Oatly Group Competitors	$8.37 billion	$1.19 billion	5.16

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

Summary

Oatly Group peers beat Oatly Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Oatly Group Company Profile (Get Rating)

Oatly Group AB, an oatmilk company, provides a range of plant-based dairy products made from oats in Sweden. It offers Barista edition oatmilk, oatgurts, frozen desserts, ice-creams, and yogurts; ready-to-go drinks, such as cold brew latte, mocha latte, matcha latte, and mini oat drink in original and chocolate flavors; and cooking products, including Cooking Cream, in regular and organic, Crème Fraiche, Whipping Cream, Vanilla Custard and Spreads in a variety of flavors. The company was formerly known as Havre Global AB and changed its name to Oatly Group AB in March 2021. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden.