Thai Beverage Public (OTCMKTS:TBVPF) versus SNDL (NASDAQ:SNDL) Critical Contrast

SNDL (NASDAQ:SNDL) and Thai Beverage Public (OTCMKTS:TBVPF) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares SNDL and Thai Beverage Public’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SNDL	-12.36%	-8.30%	-6.98%
Thai Beverage Public	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for SNDL and Thai Beverage Public, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SNDL	0	0	3	0	3.00
Thai Beverage Public	0	0	0	0	N/A

SNDL presently has a consensus price target of $3.63, suggesting a potential upside of 80.35%. Given SNDL’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SNDL is more favorable than Thai Beverage Public.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SNDL and Thai Beverage Public”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SNDL	$911.92 million	0.37	-$127.91 million	($0.40)	-5.03
Thai Beverage Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.87	0.46

Thai Beverage Public has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SNDL. SNDL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thai Beverage Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

8.7% of Thai Beverage Public shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Thai Beverage Public beats SNDL on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SNDL

SNDL Inc. engages in the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis products in Canada. The company operates through Liquor Retail, Cannabis Retail, Cannabis Operations, and Investments segments. It engages in the cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis for the adult-use and medical markets; sells wines, beers, and spirits through wholly owned liquor stores; and private sale of recreational cannabis through wholly owned and franchised retail cannabis stores. In addition, the company produces and distributes inhalable products, such as flower, pre-rolls, and vapes. It offers its products under the Top Leaf, Sundial Cannabis, Palmetto, and Grasslands brands. The company was formerly known as Sundial Growers Inc. and changed its name to SNDL Inc. in July 2022. SNDL Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Thai Beverage Public

Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, produces and distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and food products worldwide. It operates through Spirits, Beer, Non-Alcoholic Beverages, and Food segments. The company offers liquor, beer, malt, and yeast products; spirits, including brown spirits, white spirits, herbs, and other products; and non-alcoholic beverages comprising drinking and soda water, electrolyte beverages, energy drinks, green and herbal tea, ready-to-drink coffee, and soft drinks; tea, isotonics, soya drinks, Asian and sparkling drinks, cordials, water, pasteurized milk, UHT milk, sterilized milk, yoghurt, canned milk, pasteurized juice, ready-to-drink juice, ice cream, and cereal bars. The company also provides chilled and frozen food products; fertilizers, feeds, bricks, and oak barrels; and digital and technology services. In addition, it is involved in the trading of molasses; provision of transportation and distribution, logistics, recycling, advertising and marketing, consultancy, asset and brands management, public cold storage, and human resources and organization development services; operation of restaurants, bakeries, and social enterprise; and production and distribution of biogas. Further, the company engages in the trading of bottles and supplies; wholesale and trading of beverages; and production of metal and plastic packaging businesses. Additionally, it engages in trademark holding and production of beer concentrates; e-commerce business; asset management business; provision of marketing management consulting; development, rental, and investment in properties; mechanical equipment manufacturing; warehousing business; trading of chemical and packaging materials; manufacture of equipment used in food manufacturing; and installation and maintenance of machinery system and equipment. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand.