Critical Contrast: Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) & Stryve Foods (NASDAQ:SNAX)

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) and Stryve Foods (NASDAQ:SNAX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sow Good and Stryve Foods”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$40.13 million	0.70	-$3.06 million	$0.25	10.92
Stryve Foods	$19.36 million	0.15	-$19.04 million	($5.47)	-0.14

Sow Good has higher revenue and earnings than Stryve Foods. Stryve Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sow Good, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and Stryve Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	4.47%	8.15%	4.29%
Stryve Foods	-79.07%	-2,100.61%	-47.85%

Risk & Volatility

Sow Good has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stryve Foods has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of Stryve Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Stryve Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sow Good and Stryve Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	3	0	0	2.00
Stryve Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sow Good currently has a consensus target price of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 55.68%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sow Good is more favorable than Stryve Foods.

Summary

Sow Good beats Stryve Foods on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sow Good

Sow Good Inc. is engaged in producing nutritious products in the freeze-dried food industry. Sow Good Inc., formerly known as Black Ridge Oil and Gas Inc., is based in IRVING, Texas.

About Stryve Foods

Stryve Foods, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells snacking products in North America. The company's product portfolio consists primarily of air-dried meat snack products marketed under the Stryve, Kalahari, Braaitime, and Vacadillos brands. It also produces charcuterie slabs, thinly sliced steaks, air-dried beef sticks, biltong, biltong slabs, crisps, carne seca, sliced biltong, and droëwors products, as well as markets and sells human-grade pet treats under the brand Two Tails. The company distributes its products through retail channels, including grocery, club stores, and other retail outlets; convenience store; mass merchants; and directly to consumers through its e-commerce websites, as well as directly to consumer through the Amazon and Walmart platforms. Stryve Foods, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.