Edible Garden (EDBL) Competitors

Arcadia Biosciences (NASDAQ:RKDA) and Edible Garden (NASDAQ:EDBL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts recommend RKDA or EDBL?

Arcadia Biosciences currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.51%. Given Arcadia Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arcadia Biosciences is more favorable than Edible Garden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcadia Biosciences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Edible Garden	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RKDA or EDBL?

Arcadia Biosciences received 285 more outperform votes than Edible Garden when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.11% of users gave Arcadia Biosciences an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Edible Garden an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcadia Biosciences	Outperform Votes 286 55.11%	Underperform Votes 233 44.89%
Edible Garden	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, RKDA or EDBL?

Arcadia Biosciences has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edible Garden has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RKDA or EDBL more profitable?

Edible Garden has a net margin of -78.61% compared to Arcadia Biosciences' net margin of -110.61%. Arcadia Biosciences' return on equity of -52.63% beat Edible Garden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcadia Biosciences	-110.61%	-52.63%	-34.57%
Edible Garden	-78.61%	-52,263.51%	-135.27%

Does the media prefer RKDA or EDBL?

In the previous week, Edible Garden had 1 more articles in the media than Arcadia Biosciences. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Edible Garden and 1 mentions for Arcadia Biosciences. Edible Garden's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Arcadia Biosciences' score of 0.00 indicating that Edible Garden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arcadia Biosciences	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Edible Garden	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RKDA or EDBL?

17.7% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Edible Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Edible Garden shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RKDA or EDBL?

Edible Garden has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadia Biosciences. Arcadia Biosciences 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
Arcadia Biosciences	$5.48M	1.58	-$13.98M	-$4.28	-1.48
Edible Garden	$14.07M	0.33	-$10.19M	-$26.31	-0.01

Summary

Arcadia Biosciences beats Edible Garden on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.