Financial Contrast: North West (OTCMKTS:NNWWF) and Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI)

North West (OTCMKTS:NNWWF) and Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares North West and Sendas Distribuidora’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
North West	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sendas Distribuidora	1.07%	16.48%	1.76%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares North West and Sendas Distribuidora’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
North West	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sendas Distribuidora	$13.32 billion	0.27	$142.21 million	$0.53	25.32

Sendas Distribuidora has higher revenue and earnings than North West.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for North West and Sendas Distribuidora, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
North West	0	0	1	0	3.00
Sendas Distribuidora	0	0	2	0	3.00

North West currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.05%. Sendas Distribuidora has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.68%. Given North West’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe North West is more favorable than Sendas Distribuidora.

Summary

Sendas Distribuidora beats North West on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About North West

The North West Company Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the retail of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and urban neighborhood markets in northern Canada, rural Alaska, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. The Canadian operations comprises Northern stores, which offers food, financial services, and general merchandise; NorthMart stores that provides fresh foods, apparel, and health products and services; Quickstop convenience stores that provides ready-to-eat foods, and fuel and related services; Giant Tiger junior discount stores, which offers family fashion, household products, and food; Valu Lots discount center and direct-to-customer food distribution outlet; solo market, a store in remote market; Pharmacy and Convenience stores; and North West Company motorsports dealership offering sales, service, parts and accessories for Ski-doo, Honda, Can-am and other premier brands. The Canadian operations also provides contract tele-pharmacist services to rural hospitals and health centers; water and air-based transportation services; and produce and fresh meats to independent grocery stores. The international operations include Alaska Commercial Company stores that provides food and general merchandise to remote and rural regions; Cost-U-Less mid-size warehouse stores, which offers discount food and general merchandise; Quickstop convenience stores; Riteway food markets; and Pacific Alaska wholesale, a distributor to independent grocery stores, commercial accounts, and individual households in rural Alaska. The North West Company Inc. was founded in 1668 and is based in Winnipeg, Canada.

About Sendas Distribuidora

Sendas Distribuidora S.A. engages in the retail and wholesale sale of food products, bazaar items, and other products in Brazil. The company serves restaurants, pizzerias, snack bars, schools, small businesses, religious institutions, hospitals, hotels, grocery stores, neighborhood supermarkets, and individuals. It sells its products through brick-and-mortar stores, as well as through telesales. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.