SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) & CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) Head-To-Head Contrast

CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) and SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for CIMG and SunOpta, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CIMG	1	0	0	0	1.00
SunOpta	1	1	2	0	2.25

SunOpta has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 138.73%. Given SunOpta’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SunOpta is more favorable than CIMG.

Volatility and Risk

CIMG has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunOpta has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares CIMG and SunOpta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CIMG	N/A	-189.87%	-113.08%
SunOpta	0.16%	14.91%	3.38%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.4% of CIMG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of SunOpta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CIMG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of SunOpta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CIMG and SunOpta”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CIMG	$372,767.00	62.47	-$8.97 million	($4.00)	-0.59
SunOpta	$723.73 million	0.63	-$17.39 million	N/A	N/A

CIMG has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SunOpta.

Summary

SunOpta beats CIMG on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CIMG

CIMG Inc. is a digital marketing, sales and distribution company for various consumer products with focuses on food and beverages. CIMG Inc., formerly known as NUZEE INC., is based in BEIJING.

About SunOpta

SunOpta Inc. engages in manufacture and sale of plant-based and fruit-based food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company provides plant-based beverages utilizing oat, almond, soy, coconut, rice, hemp, and other bases under the Dream and West Life brands; oat-based creamers under the SOWN brand; ready-to-drink protein shakes; and nut, grain, seed, and legume based beverages; packaged teas and concentrates; and meat and vegetable broths and stocks. It also offers plant-based ingredients, such as oatbase, oatgold, soybase, hempbase, and soypowders and okara; ready-to-eat fruit snacks made from apple purée and juice concentrate in bar, bit, twist, strip and sandwich formats; cold pressed fruit bars; liquid and powder ingredients utilizing oat, soy and hemp bases; ready-to-eat fruit smoothie and chia bowls topped with frozen fruit; consumer products, which includes protein shakes, teas, broths, and fruit snacks; and liquid and dry ingredients for internal use and for sale to other food and beverage manufacturers. It sells its products through various distribution channels including private label products to retail customers; branded products under co-manufacturing agreements to other branded food companies for their distribution; and its own branded products to retail and foodservice customers. The company was formerly known as Stake Technology Ltd. and changed its name to SunOpta Inc. in October 2003. SunOpta Inc. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.