Reviewing N2OFF (NITO) and The Competition

N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) is one of 38 public companies in the “AGRI OPERATIONS” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare N2OFF to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

N2OFF has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF’s peers have a beta of 0.80, meaning that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares N2OFF and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
N2OFF	$210,000.00	-$5.19 million	-0.10
N2OFF Competitors	$32.94 billion	$118.42 million	7.33

N2OFF’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than N2OFF. N2OFF 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for N2OFF and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N2OFF	1	0	0	0	1.00
N2OFF Competitors	387	758	1004	38	2.32

As a group, “AGRI OPERATIONS” companies have a potential upside of 50.08%. Given N2OFF’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe N2OFF has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.2% of N2OFF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of shares of all “AGRI OPERATIONS” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of N2OFF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “AGRI OPERATIONS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares N2OFF and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
N2OFF	-2,422.21%	-196.54%	-142.36%
N2OFF Competitors	-408.23%	-60.54%	-17.89%

Summary

N2OFF peers beat N2OFF on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

N2OFF Company Profile

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.