Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT – Get Free Report) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Sadot Group and Church & Dwight, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sadot Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Church & Dwight | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2.44 |
Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $101.59, suggesting a potential upside of 6.93%. Given Church & Dwight’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Church & Dwight is more favorable than Sadot Group.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sadot Group | $700.94 million | 0.00 | $3.99 million | ($14.98) | -0.10 |
| Church & Dwight | $6.20 billion | 3.63 | $736.80 million | $3.02 | 31.46 |
Church & Dwight has higher revenue and earnings than Sadot Group. Sadot Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Sadot Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Sadot Group and Church & Dwight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sadot Group | -2.81% | -41.55% | -11.56% |
| Church & Dwight | 11.88% | 20.05% | 9.61% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
13.3% of Sadot Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sadot Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Church & Dwight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Church & Dwight beats Sadot Group on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sadot Group
Sadot Group Inc. provides supply chain solutions that address growing food security challenges worldwide. The company is involved in the agri-commodity sourcing and trading operations for food/feed products, such as soybean meal, wheat, and corn; and farm operations, including producing grains and tree crops in Southern Africa. The company is also involved in the food service operations across the United States. The company was formerly known as Muscle Maker Inc. and changed its name to Sadot Group Inc. Sadot Group Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
About Church & Dwight
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, Specialty Products Division (SPD), and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements. The Consumer International segment is involved in the personal care, household and over-the-counter products in international subsidiary markets, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, China, and the United Kingdom. The SPD segment consists of sales to businesses and participates in three product areas namely, animal nutrition, specialty chemicals, and commercial and professional. The Corporate segment includes equity in earnings of affiliates. The company was founded by Dwight John and Austin Church in 1846 and is headquartered in Ewing, NJ.
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