Above Food Ingredients (ABVE) Competitors

Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is ABVE or BYND more profitable?

Above Food Ingredients has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -52.27%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beyond Meat	-52.27%	N/A	-22.97%

Does the media refer more to ABVE or BYND?

In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 4 more articles in the media than Above Food Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Beyond Meat and 1 mentions for Above Food Ingredients. Above Food Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Beyond Meat's score of 0.44 indicating that Above Food Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Above Food Ingredients	Very Positive
Beyond Meat	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ABVE or BYND?

Above Food Ingredients has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beyond Meat.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06M	0.19	-$39.49M	N/A	N/A
Beyond Meat	$326.45M	0.59	-$160.28M	-$2.18	-1.15

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ABVE or BYND?

28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ABVE or BYND?

Beyond Meat has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given Beyond Meat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than Above Food Ingredients.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Above Food Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Beyond Meat	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Which has more risk and volatility, ABVE or BYND?

Above Food Ingredients has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Beyond Meat beats Above Food Ingredients on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.