Critical Analysis: Glanbia (OTCMKTS:GLAPF) and Sow Good (OTCMKTS:SOWG)

Sow Good (OTCMKTS:SOWG) and Glanbia (OTCMKTS:GLAPF) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sow Good and Glanbia”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	0.76	-$3.06 million	$0.25	11.92
Glanbia	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.52	30.31

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good 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 Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Sow Good and Glanbia, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	0	2	0	3.00
Glanbia	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sow Good currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 487.25%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sow Good is more favorable than Glanbia.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	-19.05%	-91.69%	-23.25%
Glanbia	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Glanbia beats Sow Good on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sow Good

Sow Good Inc. produces and sells freeze-dried candy, snacks, smoothies, and granola in the United States. It markets its products through direct-to-consumer focused websites, as well as through the business-to-business sales channels. The company offers its products under the Sow Good and Sustain Us brands. The company was formerly known as Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc. and changed its name to Sow Good Inc. in January 2021. Sow Good Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Irving, Texas.

About Glanbia

Glanbia plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a nutrition company worldwide. The company offers sports nutrition and lifestyle nutrition products in various formats, such as powders, ready-to-eat bars and snacking food, and ready-to-drink beverage. It also manufactures and sells cheese, dairy, and non-dairy nutritional and functional ingredients; and vitamin and mineral premixes products. In addition, the company engages in the financing; research and development; property and land dealing; holding and management of receivables; property leasing; business services; management solutions; weight management; flavor solutions; and bioactive solutions businesses. It offers its products under the Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Nutramino, SlimFast, think!, Amazing Grass, Body & Fit, and LevlUp brands. The company sells its products through specialty retail, online, gym, and food, drug, mass, and club channels. Glanbia plc was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland.