National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) & Livento Group (OTCMKTS:NUGN) Head to Head Contrast

National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) and Livento Group (OTCMKTS:NUGN) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Livento Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for National Presto Industries and Livento Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Presto Industries	0	0	1	0	3.00
Livento Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Livento Group shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares National Presto Industries and Livento Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Presto Industries	$388.23 million	2.38	$41.46 million	$5.44	23.72
Livento Group	$1.69 million	1,348.97	-$600,000.00	N/A	N/A

National Presto Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Livento Group.

Profitability

This table compares National Presto Industries and Livento Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Presto Industries	8.18%	10.42%	8.24%
Livento Group	-150.10%	-4.17%	-3.84%

Summary

National Presto Industries beats Livento Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About National Presto Industries

National Presto Industries, Inc. provides housewares and small appliance, defense, and safety products in North America. The company’s Housewares/Small Appliance segment designs, markets, and distributes housewares and small electrical appliances, including pressure cookers and canners; heat control line of skillets, griddles, woks, and multi-purpose cookers; slow cookers; deep fryers; air fryers; waffle makers; pizza ovens; slicer/shredders; electric heaters; hot air, oil, and microwave corn poppers; dehydrators; vacuum sealers; rice cookers; microwave bacon cookers; egg cookers; coffeemakers and coffeemaker accessories; electric knife sharpeners; and timers under the Presto Control Master brand. This segment sells its products directly to retailers, as well as through independent distributors. Its Defense segment manufactures and sells 40mm ammunition, precision mechanical and electro-mechanical products, medium caliber cartridge cases; and metal parts; and detonators, booster pellets, release cartridges, lead azide, and other military energetic devices and materials. This segment primarily serves the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and DOD prime contractors. The company’s Safety segment patents machine learning, digital sensors, and cloud-based technology to monitor freezers and refrigerators that detects and alerts users to potential safety issues around pharmaceuticals and food. National Presto Industries, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

About Livento Group

Livento Group, Inc. engages in the film and television production business. It is also involved in the artificial intelligence and machine learning technology business; development and licensing of Elisee, a software product that can capture data and create predictive behavior based on client inputs that assist the client in establishing its investment portfolio; and real estate finance and development activities. The company was formerly known as NuGene International, Inc. and changed its name to Livento Group, Inc. in June 2022. Livento Group, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.