Financial Comparison: AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) and Nature’s Miracle (NASDAQ:NMHI)

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) and Nature’s Miracle (NASDAQ:NMHI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for AGCO and Nature’s Miracle, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGCO	0	6	5	0	2.45
Nature’s Miracle	0	0	0	0	N/A

AGCO currently has a consensus price target of $118.91, indicating a potential upside of 26.84%. Given AGCO’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AGCO is more favorable than Nature’s Miracle.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.8% of AGCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Nature’s Miracle shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of AGCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Nature’s Miracle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares AGCO and Nature’s Miracle”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGCO	$13.43 billion	0.52	$1.17 billion	$14.78	6.34
Nature’s Miracle	$9.63 million	0.42	-$7.34 million	N/A	N/A

AGCO has higher revenue and earnings than Nature’s Miracle.

Risk and Volatility

AGCO has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nature’s Miracle has a beta of -0.73, meaning that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AGCO and Nature’s Miracle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGCO	3.13%	21.17%	7.57%
Nature’s Miracle	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

AGCO beats Nature’s Miracle on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AGCO

AGCO Corporation manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and related replacement parts worldwide. It offers horsepower tractors for row crop production, soil cultivation, planting, land leveling, seeding, and commercial hay operations; utility tractors for small- and medium-sized farms, as well as for dairy, livestock, orchards, and vineyards; and compact tractors for small farms, specialty agricultural industries, landscaping, equestrian, and residential uses. The company also provides grain storage bins and related drying and handling equipment systems; seed-processing systems; swine and poultry feed storage and delivery; ventilation and watering systems; and egg production systems and broiler production equipment. In addition, it offers round and rectangular balers, loader wagons, self-propelled windrowers, forage harvesters, disc mowers, spreaders, rakes, tedders, and mower conditioners for harvesting and packaging vegetative feeds used in the beef cattle, dairy, horse, and renewable fuel industries. Further, the company provides implements, including disc harrows leveling seed beds and mixing chemicals with the soils; heavy tillage to break up soil and mix crop residue into topsoil; field cultivators that prepare smooth seed bed and destroy weeds; drills for small grain seeding; planters and other planting equipment; and loaders. Additionally, it offers combines for harvesting grain crops, such as corn, wheat, soybeans, and rice; and application equipment, such as self-propelled, three- and four-wheeled vehicles, and related equipment for liquid and dry fertilizers and crop protection chemicals, and for after crops emerge from the ground, as well as produces diesel engines, gears, and generating sets. The company markets its products under the Fendt, GSI, Massey Ferguson, Precision Planting, and Valtra brands through a network of independent dealers and distributors. AGCO Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.

About Nature’s Miracle

Nature's Miracle Holding Inc., an agriculture technology company, provides equipment and services to growers in the controlled environment agriculture industry in North America. The company provides grow lights and other hydroponic products; and develops a pipeline to build commercial-scale greenhouse for fresh and local vegetable products. It also designs, builds, and operates various indoor growing settings, including greenhouse and indoor-growing spaces. Nature's Miracle Holding Inc. is based in Upland, California.