Head-To-Head Review: BranchOut Food (BOF) and The Competition

BranchOut Food (NASDAQ:BOF) is one of 39 publicly-traded companies in the “Food & kindred products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare BranchOut Food to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BranchOut Food and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BranchOut Food	$2.83 million	-$3.93 million	-1.04
BranchOut Food Competitors	$7.28 billion	$662.56 million	1.65

BranchOut Food’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BranchOut Food. BranchOut Food is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for BranchOut Food and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BranchOut Food	0	0	0	0	N/A
BranchOut Food Competitors	323	1313	1518	31	2.39

As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 20.60%. Given BranchOut Food’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BranchOut Food has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.6% of BranchOut Food shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of BranchOut Food shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares BranchOut Food and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BranchOut Food	-100.10%	-143.59%	-110.86%
BranchOut Food Competitors	-30.58%	-48.85%	-12.27%

Summary

BranchOut Food competitors beat BranchOut Food on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

About BranchOut Food

BranchOut Food Inc. develops, markets, sells, and distributes plant-based dehydrated fruit and vegetable snacks, and powders in the United States. The company offers dehydrated fruit and vegetable-based snacks, including avocado chips, chewy banana bites, pineapple chips, brussels sprout crisps, and bell pepper crisps; avocado, banana, and blueberry powders; and industrial ingredients, such as bulk avocado powder, dried avocado pieces, and other fruit powders/pieces. It also provides chocolate covered fruit items and private label products for retailers. The company was formerly known as AvoLov, LLC and changed its name to BranchOut Food Inc. in November 2021. BranchOut Food Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Bend, Oregon.