Reviewing Davis Commodities (NASDAQ:DTCK) and Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE)

Davis Commodities (NASDAQ:DTCK) and Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Davis Commodities and Andersons, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Davis Commodities	0	0	0	0	N/A
Andersons	0	0	3	0	3.00

Andersons has a consensus target price of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 19.69%. Given Andersons’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Andersons is more favorable than Davis Commodities.

Profitability

This table compares Davis Commodities and Andersons’ 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
Andersons	0.36%	6.85%	2.45%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.2% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Andersons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Davis Commodities and Andersons’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Davis Commodities	$206.72 million	0.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
Andersons	$17.33 billion	0.10	$131.08 million	$1.71	30.13

Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than Davis Commodities.

Summary

Andersons beats Davis Commodities on 8 of the 9 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, Lin, and Taffy brands. It also provides warehouse storage and logistic, as well as agency services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore. Davis Commodities Limited operates as a subsidiary of Davis & KT Holdings Pte. Ltd.

About Andersons

The Andersons, Inc. operates in trade, renewables, and plant nutrient sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Trade, Renewables, and Plant Nutrient. The company's Trade segment operates grain elevators; stores commodities; and provides grain marketing, risk management, and origination services, as well as sells commodities, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and corn oil. This segment also engages in the commodity merchandising business, as well as offers logistics for physical commodities, such as whole grains, grain products, feed ingredients, domestic fuel products, and other agricultural commodities. Its Renewables segment produces, purchases, and sells ethanol, and co-products, as well as offers facility operations, risk management, and marketing services to the ethanol plants it invests in and operates. The company's Plant Nutrient segment manufactures, distributes, and retails agricultural and related plant nutrients, liquid industrial products, corncob-based products, and pelleted lime and gypsum products, as well as turf fertilizer, pesticide, and herbicide products; and crop nutrients, crop protection chemicals, and seed products, as well as provides application and agronomic services to commercial and family farmers. In addition, this segment produces corncob-based products for laboratory animal bedding and private-label cat litter, as well as absorbents, blast cleaners, carriers, and polishers; professional lawn care products for golf course and turf care markets; fertilizer and weed, and pest control products; pelleted lime, gypsum, and value add soil amendments; and micronutrients, and soil amendments, as well as industrial products comprising nitrogen reagents, calcium nitrate, deicers, and dust abatement products. The Andersons, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in Maumee, Ohio.