Reviewing Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) and Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO)

Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO) and Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lavoro	2	1	0	0	1.33
Cibus	0	0	2	0	3.00

Lavoro presently has a consensus price target of $3.44, indicating a potential upside of 86.82%. Cibus has a consensus price target of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 1,534.62%. Given Cibus’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cibus is more favorable than Lavoro.

Volatility & Risk

Lavoro has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cibus has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.5% of Lavoro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. 31.2% of Cibus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lavoro	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cibus	-5,681.55%	-83.67%	-20.85%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lavoro and Cibus”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lavoro	$1.89 billion	0.11	-$152.49 million	($1.63)	-1.13
Cibus	$4.26 million	16.55	-$251.39 million	($10.45)	-0.12

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

Summary

Cibus beats Lavoro on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lavoro

Lavoro Limited operates as an agricultural inputs retailer. The company operates through three segments: Brazil Cluster, LATAM Cluster, and Crop Care Cluster. It distributes agricultural inputs, such as crop protection, seeds, fertilizers, foliar fertilizers, biologicals, adjuvants, organominerals, and others for the agricultural industry. The company also produces specialty fertilizers, crop protection products, and biological crop inputs. It operates in Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay. The company sells its products through its physical stores and digital channel. Lavoro Limited was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About Cibus

Cibus, Inc., a agricultural biotechnology 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. Cibus, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.