Edible Garden (EDBL) Competitors

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

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

28.0% of Local Bounti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Edible Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.1% of Local Bounti shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Edible Garden shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LOCL or EDBL?

Edible Garden has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Local Bounti. Local Bounti is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edible Garden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Local Bounti	$27.56M	0.67	-$124.01M	-$18.00	-0.12
Edible Garden	$14.05M	0.36	-$10.19M	-$26.31	-0.01

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LOCL or EDBL?

Local Bounti received 5 more outperform votes than Edible Garden when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 33.33% of users gave Edible Garden an outperform vote while only 31.58% of users gave Local Bounti an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Local Bounti	Outperform Votes 6 31.58%	Underperform Votes 13 68.42%
Edible Garden	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Is LOCL or EDBL more profitable?

Edible Garden has a net margin of -78.61% compared to Local Bounti's net margin of -427.08%. Local Bounti's return on equity of -1,095.76% beat Edible Garden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Local Bounti	-427.08%	-1,095.76%	-35.86%
Edible Garden	-78.61%	-52,263.51%	-135.27%

Which has more risk and volatility, LOCL or EDBL?

Local Bounti has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edible Garden has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LOCL or EDBL?

In the previous week, Edible Garden had 4 more articles in the media than Local Bounti. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Edible Garden and 0 mentions for Local Bounti. Edible Garden's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Local Bounti's score of 0.00 indicating that Edible Garden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Local Bounti	Neutral
Edible Garden	Neutral

Summary

Local Bounti beats Edible Garden on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.