Reviewing CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) & Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of CIMG shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CIMG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowers Foods	1.59%	16.61%	5.38%
CIMG	N/A	-23.59%	-15.90%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Flowers Foods and CIMG, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowers Foods	2	4	0	0	1.67
CIMG	1	0	0	0	1.00

Flowers Foods presently has a consensus price target of $12.60, suggesting a potential upside of 49.93%. Given Flowers Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Flowers Foods is more favorable than CIMG.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Flowers Foods and CIMG”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flowers Foods	$5.26 billion	0.34	$83.82 million	$0.40	21.01
CIMG	$10.30 million	0.03	-$4.88 million	($4.00)	-0.01

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

Volatility and Risk

Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CIMG has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Flowers Foods beats CIMG on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery food products in the United States. Its principal products include fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates bakeries. Its customers include national and regional restaurants, institutions and foodservice distributors, and retail in-store bakeries; wholesale distributors; mass merchandisers, supermarkets, vending outlets, and convenience stores; quick-serve chains, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies; and public health care, military commissaries, and prisons, and other governmental institutions. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.

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.