Comparing Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) & Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB)

Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) and Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Above Food Ingredients and Campbell’s”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.14	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A
Campbell’s	$10.04 billion	0.61	$602.00 million	$1.83	11.16

Campbell’s has higher revenue and earnings than Above Food Ingredients.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell’s shares are held by institutional investors. 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Campbell’s shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Above Food Ingredients and Campbell’s, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Above Food Ingredients	0	0	0	0	0.00
Campbell’s	8	11	2	0	1.71

Campbell’s has a consensus target price of $26.89, indicating a potential upside of 31.61%. Given Campbell’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Campbell’s is more favorable than Above Food Ingredients.

Risk and Volatility

Above Food Ingredients has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell’s has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Above Food Ingredients and Campbell’s’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A
Campbell’s	5.48%	19.96%	5.21%

Summary

Campbell’s beats Above Food Ingredients on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Above Food Ingredients

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods. The Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients segment engages in the provisioning of discrete genetics, origination, purchasing, grading, processing, and sale of regeneratively grown grain; and origination, purchase, and sale of bespoke ingredients products. The Consumer Packaged Goods segment formulates, manufactures, sells, distributes, and markets proprietary consumer product formulations in owned brands; and focuses on manufacturing and distribution for private-labeled retail owned brands. Above Food Ingredients Inc. is based in Regina, Canada.

About Campbell’s

The Campbell’s Company, formerly known as Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Meals & Beverages and Snacks segments. The Meals & Beverages segment engages in the retail and foodservice businesses in the United States and Canada. This segment provides Campbell’s condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Pacific Foods broth, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; Campbell’s gravies, pasta, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; V8 juices and beverages; Campbell’s tomato juice; and snacking products in foodservice in Canada. The Snacks segment retails Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, fresh bakery, and frozen products, which include Goldfish crackers, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels, Lance sandwich crackers, Cape Cod and Kettle Brand potato chips, Late July snacks, Snack Factory pretzel crisps, Pop Secret popcorn, and other snacking products. This segment is also involved in the retail business in Latin America. It sells its products through retail food chains, mass discounters and merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, and dollar stores, as well as e-commerce and other retail, commercial, and non-commercial establishments, and independent contractor distributors. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.