Edible Garden (EDBL) Competitors

Edible Garden (NASDAQ:EDBL) and Origin Agritech (NASDAQ:SEED) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EDBL or SEED?

Origin Agritech received 215 more outperform votes than Edible Garden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.17% of users gave Origin Agritech an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Edible Garden an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Edible Garden	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%
Origin Agritech	Outperform Votes 216 60.17%	Underperform Votes 143 39.83%

Is EDBL or SEED more profitable?

Origin Agritech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Edible Garden's net margin of -78.61%. Origin Agritech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Edible Garden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edible Garden	-78.61%	-52,263.51%	-135.27%
Origin Agritech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EDBL or SEED?

Origin Agritech has higher revenue and earnings than Edible Garden.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Edible Garden	$13.86M	0.20	-$10.19M	-$398.09	0.00
Origin Agritech	$113.38M	0.09	$2.95M	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, EDBL or SEED?

Edible Garden has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Agritech has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in EDBL or SEED?

13.0% of Edible Garden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Origin Agritech shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Edible Garden shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Origin Agritech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer EDBL or SEED?

In the previous week, Edible Garden had 5 more articles in the media than Origin Agritech. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Edible Garden and 3 mentions for Origin Agritech. Origin Agritech's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Edible Garden's score of 0.11 indicating that Origin Agritech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Edible Garden	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Origin Agritech	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Origin Agritech beats Edible Garden on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.