Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA) Competitors

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

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

17.7% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of Origin Agritech shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Origin Agritech shares are held by 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 MarketBeat Community prefer RKDA or SEED?

Arcadia Biosciences received 70 more outperform votes than Origin Agritech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.67% of users gave Origin Agritech an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Arcadia Biosciences an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arcadia Biosciences	Outperform Votes 286 53.76%	Underperform Votes 246 46.24%
Origin Agritech	Outperform Votes 216 60.67%	Underperform Votes 140 39.33%

Is RKDA or SEED more profitable?

Origin Agritech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arcadia Biosciences' net margin of -110.61%. Origin Agritech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Arcadia Biosciences' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcadia Biosciences	-110.61%	-52.63%	-34.57%
Origin Agritech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, RKDA or SEED?

Arcadia Biosciences has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Agritech has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RKDA or SEED?

In the previous week, Arcadia Biosciences had 6 more articles in the media than Origin Agritech. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Arcadia Biosciences and 2 mentions for Origin Agritech. Origin Agritech's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Arcadia Biosciences' score of 0.52 indicating that Origin Agritech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arcadia Biosciences	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Do analysts rate RKDA or SEED?

Arcadia Biosciences presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.93%. Given Arcadia Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Arcadia Biosciences is more favorable than Origin Agritech.

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
Origin Agritech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, RKDA or SEED?

Origin Agritech has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadia Biosciences.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcadia Biosciences	$5.48M	0.85	-$13.98M	-$4.28	-0.80
Origin Agritech	$113.38M	0.13	$2.95M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Origin Agritech beats Arcadia Biosciences on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.