Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) Head to Head Comparison

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Sow Good has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and Beyond Meat’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	13.24%	37.94%	17.90%
Beyond Meat	-98.95%	N/A	-26.84%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sow Good and Beyond Meat’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$41.61 million	2.72	-$3.06 million	($0.35)	-31.86
Beyond Meat	$317.78 million	1.21	-$338.14 million	($5.16)	-1.15

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Sow Good and Beyond Meat, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	0	2	0	3.00
Beyond Meat	6	3	0	0	1.33

Sow Good presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 106.28%. Beyond Meat has a consensus price target of $5.06, suggesting a potential downside of 14.48%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sow Good is more favorable than Beyond Meat.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Beyond Meat shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sow Good beats Beyond Meat on 10 of the 14 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 Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat, Inc., a plant-based meat company, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells plant-based meat products in the United States and internationally. The company sells a range of plant-based meat products across the platforms of beef, pork, and poultry. It sells its products through grocery, mass merchandiser, club stores, and natural retailer channels, as well as various food-away-from-home channels, including restaurants, foodservice outlets, and schools. The company was formerly known as Savage River, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Meat, Inc. in September 2018. Beyond Meat, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.