Comparing Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) & Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX)

Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) and Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Sino Agro Food shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Sino Agro Food and Bioceres Crop Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sino Agro Food	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bioceres Crop Solutions	1	2	1	0	2.00

Bioceres Crop Solutions has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 625.95%. Given Bioceres Crop Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bioceres Crop Solutions is more favorable than Sino Agro Food.

Profitability

This table compares Sino Agro Food and Bioceres Crop Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bioceres Crop Solutions	-82.83%	-22.43%	-8.13%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sino Agro Food and Bioceres Crop Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bioceres Crop Solutions	$333.30 million	0.10	-$55.42 million	($3.72)	-0.15

Sino Agro Food has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bioceres Crop Solutions.

Summary

Bioceres Crop Solutions beats Sino Agro Food on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sino Agro Food

Sino Agro Food, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the agriculture and aquaculture business. It operates through the following segments: Fishery Development; Hylocereus Undatus Plantation; Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass; Cattle Farm Development; and Corporate and Others. Its products include fish, eels, prawns, beef, and mutton. The company was founded by Yip Kun Lee on October 1, 1974 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

About Bioceres Crop Solutions

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides crop productivity solutions. It operates through Seed and Integrated Products, Crop Protection, and Crop Nutrition segments. The Seed and Integrated Products segment provides seed traits, germplasms, and seed treatment packs for healthier, and higher yielding crops. The Crop Protection segment develops, produces, and markets Rizoderma, adjuvants, therapies, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and baits. The Crop Nutrition segment develops, produces, commercializes, and sells inoculants, bio-inductors, and biological and microgranulated fertilizers. It also offers HB4, a drought tolerant seed technology program. The company operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, the United States, Paraguay, Russia, South Africa, France, Uruguay, and internationally. Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rosario, Argentina.