Cibus (CBUS) versus Its Peers Head to Head Survey

Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) is one of 19 publicly-traded companies in the “Agricultural chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Cibus to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Cibus has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cibus’ rivals have a beta of 1.21, meaning that their average share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.7% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of shares of all “Agricultural chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Cibus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of shares of all “Agricultural chemicals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cibus	-10,176.78%	-26.34%	-14.99%
Cibus Competitors	-880.11%	-18.06%	-18.47%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cibus and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cibus	$323,000.00	-$16.89 million	-0.87
Cibus Competitors	$5.62 billion	$1.09 billion	6.83

Cibus’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Cibus. Cibus 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Cibus and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cibus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Cibus Competitors	269	745	776	82	2.36

As a group, “Agricultural chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 28.73%. Given Cibus’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cibus has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Cibus rivals beat Cibus on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

Cibus Company Profile

Cibus, Inc., a agricultural technology company, develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies for royalties. The company primarily focus on trait productivity in two areas, including productivity traits that enable farmers to have higher yields and reduce the use of the crop protection chemicals and fertilizers; and sustainable ingredients that enable corporations to replace ingredients that are fossil fuel based or whose production results in increased greenhouse gases. The company is based in San Diego, California.