Reviewing S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) & Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS)

S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for S&W Seed and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
S&W Seed	0	0	1	0	3.00
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	0	0	0	0	0.00

S&W Seed currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 326.31%. Given S&W Seed’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe S&W Seed is more favorable than Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares S&W Seed and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
S&W Seed	$60.44 million	0.31	-$30.03 million	($17.74)	-0.46
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	$24.12 million	0.99	$11.50 million	N/A	N/A

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than S&W Seed.

Profitability

This table compares S&W Seed and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
S&W Seed	-77.05%	-48.07%	-17.29%
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.7% of S&W Seed shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of S&W Seed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

S&W Seed beats Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About S&W Seed

S&W Seed Co. engages in the breeding, production, and sale of stevia and alfalfa seeds. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.

About Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares

Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd. engages in the cultivation, processing, and sale of tea leaves and tea products. Its segments include refined teas and processed teas. The company was founded by Chun Sun Wong, Wai Kwong Fong and Deming Zhou on January 25, 2019 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.