Contrasting Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) and Tate & Lyle (OTCMKTS:TATYY)

Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG) and Tate & Lyle (OTCMKTS:TATYY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are held by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sow Good and Tate & Lyle”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$16.07 million	2.50	-$3.06 million	$0.25	15.72
Tate & Lyle	$2.07 billion	1.68	$236.32 million	N/A	N/A

Tate & Lyle has higher revenue and earnings than Sow Good.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Sow Good and Tate & Lyle, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	3	0	0	2.00
Tate & Lyle	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sow Good presently has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.14%. Given Sow Good’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sow Good is more favorable than Tate & Lyle.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and Tate & Lyle’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	4.47%	8.15%	4.29%
Tate & Lyle	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Sow Good has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sow Good beats Tate & Lyle on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sow Good

Sow Good Inc. is engaged in producing nutritious products in the freeze-dried food industry. Sow Good Inc., formerly known as Black Ridge Oil and Gas Inc., is based in IRVING, Texas.

About Tate & Lyle

Tate & Lyle PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage, and other industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, other European countries, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Food & Beverage Solutions, Sucralose, and Primary Products. The company offers dairy products, soups, sauces, and dressings; bakery products and snacks; texturants; nutritive sweeteners, such as high fructose corn syrup and dextrose; fibres; and stabilizers and functional systems. It also provides industrial starches; acidulants, such as citric acid; and commodities comprising corn gluten feed, meal, and corn oil. The company was incorporated in 1903 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.