Edible Garden (EDBL) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, EDBL or NCRA?

Nocera has higher revenue and earnings than Edible Garden. Nocera 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
Edible Garden	$13.86M	0.38	-$11.05M	-$35.64	-0.05
Nocera	$17.01M	1.33	-$2.35M	-$0.16	-9.81

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

13.0% of Edible Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of Nocera shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Edible Garden shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nocera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor EDBL or NCRA?

In the previous week, Edible Garden had 3 more articles in the media than Nocera. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Edible Garden and 1 mentions for Nocera. Edible Garden's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Nocera's score of 0.00 indicating that Edible Garden is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Edible Garden	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nocera	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is EDBL or NCRA more profitable?

Nocera has a net margin of -16.25% compared to Edible Garden's net margin of -101.53%. Nocera's return on equity of -53.87% beat Edible Garden's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edible Garden	-101.53%	-460.61%	-97.87%
Nocera	-16.25%	-53.87%	-42.50%

Which has more risk & volatility, EDBL or NCRA?

Edible Garden has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nocera has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nocera beats Edible Garden on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.