Head-To-Head Contrast: Nocera (NASDAQ:NCRA) versus J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM)

J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Nocera (NASDAQ:NCRA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for J. M. Smucker and Nocera, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
J. M. Smucker	1	10	7	0	2.33
Nocera	1	0	0	0	1.00

J. M. Smucker currently has a consensus price target of $114.93, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. Given J. M. Smucker’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Nocera.

Profitability

This table compares J. M. Smucker and Nocera’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J. M. Smucker	-13.61%	15.26%	5.34%
Nocera	-24.59%	-81.74%	-69.13%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares J. M. Smucker and Nocera”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
J. M. Smucker	$8.73 billion	1.26	-$1.23 billion	($11.22)	-9.21
Nocera	$17.01 million	0.50	-$2.35 million	($0.24)	-2.45

Nocera has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nocera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of Nocera shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Nocera shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nocera has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

J. M. Smucker beats Nocera on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About J. M. Smucker

The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products worldwide. It operates in three segments: U.S. Retail Pet Foods, U.S. Retail Coffee, and U.S. Retail Consumer Foods. The company offers mainstream roast, ground, single serve, and premium coffee; peanut butter and specialty spreads; fruit spreads, toppings, and syrups; jelly products; nut mix products; shortening and oils; frozen sandwiches and snacks; pet food and pet snacks; and foodservice hot beverage, foodservice portion control, and flour products, as well as dog and cat food, frozen handheld products, juices and beverages, and baking mixes and ingredients. It provides its products under the Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Canine Carry Outs, Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin', Folgers, Café Bustelo, 1850, Jif, Smucker's, Smucker's Uncrustables, Robin Hood, and Five Roses. The company sells its products through direct sales and brokers to food retailers, club stores, discount and dollar stores, online retailers, pet specialty stores, natural foods stores and distributors, drug stores, military commissaries, and mass merchandisers. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio.

About Nocera

Nocera, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and produces recirculating aquaculture systems for fish farms in Taiwan. The company also offers consulting, technology transfer, and aquaculture project management services to new and existing aquaculture management business services. In addition, the company sells signature seafood porridge bowl through its flagship bento box store. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan.