Financial Review: Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) and Oriental Rise (NASDAQ:ORIS)

Oriental Rise (NASDAQ:ORIS) and Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by 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 Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Oriental Rise and Mama’s Creations, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oriental Rise	1	0	0	0	1.00
Mama’s Creations	0	0	5	1	3.17

Mama’s Creations has a consensus price target of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.36%. Given Mama’s Creations’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mama’s Creations is more favorable than Oriental Rise.

Profitability

This table compares Oriental Rise and Mama’s Creations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oriental Rise	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mama’s Creations	3.08%	16.72%	9.28%

Volatility & Risk

Oriental Rise has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Oriental Rise and Mama’s Creations”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oriental Rise	$15.01 million	0.06	$2.09 million	N/A	N/A
Mama’s Creations	$123.33 million	4.90	$3.71 million	$0.11	135.18

Mama’s Creations has higher revenue and earnings than Oriental Rise.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats Oriental Rise on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oriental Rise

Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd. engages in the cultivation, processing, and sale of tea leaves and tea products. It operates through the Primarily-Processes Teas and Refined Teas segments. The company was founded by Chun Sun Wong, Wai Kwong Fong and Deming Zhou on January 25, 2019 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.

About Mama’s Creations

Mama’s Creations, Inc. engages in the marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of beef meatballs with sauce, turkey meatballs with sauce, beef meat loaf, sausage and peppers, chicken parmesan, and other similar meats and sauces. Its products include beef meatballs, turkey meatballs, stuffed meatballs, lasagna roll ups, retail ready meals, bulk deli, single-size pasta bowls, and packaged refrigerated products. Its brands include MamaMancini’s, Creative Salads, and The Olive Branch. The company was founded by Daniel Dougherty on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in East Rutherford, NJ.