Australian Oilseeds (COOT) Competitors

Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) and Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in COOT or BRID?

13.0% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 73.5% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is COOT or BRID more profitable?

Australian Oilseeds has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bridgford Foods' net margin of -3.29%. Australian Oilseeds' return on equity of 0.00% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Australian Oilseeds	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bridgford Foods	-3.29%	-5.86%	-4.72%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, COOT or BRID?

Bridgford Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Australian Oilseeds.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$22.12M	0.66	-$14.21M	N/A	N/A
Bridgford Foods	$223.65M	0.31	-$3.38M	-$0.82	-9.22

Which has more volatility & risk, COOT or BRID?

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to COOT or BRID?

In the previous week, Australian Oilseeds had 4 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Australian Oilseeds and 2 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Australian Oilseeds' score of 0.28 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Australian Oilseeds	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bridgford Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Australian Oilseeds beats Bridgford Foods on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.