ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) versus TAAT Global Alternatives (OTCMKTS:TOBAF) Head-To-Head Survey

ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) and TAAT Global Alternatives (OTCMKTS:TOBAF) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.3% of ARKO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of TAAT Global Alternatives shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of ARKO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for ARKO and TAAT Global Alternatives, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARKO	0	2	1	2	3.00
TAAT Global Alternatives	0	0	0	0	0.00

ARKO currently has a consensus price target of $7.13, indicating a potential upside of 41.93%. Given ARKO’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ARKO is more favorable than TAAT Global Alternatives.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ARKO and TAAT Global Alternatives”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARKO	$8.73 billion	0.06	$20.84 million	$0.08	62.75
TAAT Global Alternatives	$70.15 million	0.02	-$8.24 million	($0.21)	-0.52

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than TAAT Global Alternatives. TAAT Global Alternatives is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARKO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares ARKO and TAAT Global Alternatives’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARKO	0.18%	5.50%	0.41%
TAAT Global Alternatives	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

ARKO has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAAT Global Alternatives has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ARKO beats TAAT Global Alternatives on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ARKO

Arko Corp. operates convenience stores in the United States. It operates through Retail, Wholesale, Fleet Fueling, and GPMP segments. The Retail segment engages in the sale of fuel and merchandise to retail consumers. Its Wholesale segment supplies fuel to third-party dealers and consignment agents. The Fleet Fueling segment supplies fuel to proprietary and third-party cardlock, and issuance of proprietary fuel cards. Its GPMP segment supplies fuel to retail and wholesale segments. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia.

About TAAT Global Alternatives

TAAT Global Alternatives Inc., a life sciences company, develops, manufactures, and distributes tobacco and non-tobacco products in Canada and the United States. It offers non-tobacco based smokable products and flavorings; and nicotine-free and tobacco-free alternatives to traditional cigarettes under the TAAT brand. The company was formerly known as TAAT Lifestyle & Wellness Ltd. and changed its name to TAAT Global Alternatives Inc. in April 2021. TAAT Global Alternatives Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.