Reviewing Sow Good (SOWG) and Its Competitors

Sow Good (OTCMKTS:SOWG) is one of 38 public companies in the “Food & kindred products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Sow Good to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Sow Good and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sow Good	0	0	0	0	N/A
Sow Good Competitors	318	1292	1489	30	2.39

As a group, “Food & kindred products” companies have a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Sow Good’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sow Good has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Sow Good has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sow Good’s peers have a beta of 1.04, indicating that their average share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sow Good and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sow Good	-19.05%	-91.69%	-23.25%
Sow Good Competitors	-28.46%	-31.99%	-7.16%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.7% of Sow Good shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 84.7% of Sow Good shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of shares of all “Food & kindred products” companies are owned 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 its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sow Good	$16.07 million	-$3.06 million	-27.94
Sow Good Competitors	$7.54 billion	$686.90 million	6.06

Sow Good’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Sow Good. Sow Good is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Sow Good peers beat Sow Good on 7 of the 10 factors compared.

About Sow Good

Sow Good Inc. produces and sells freeze-dried candy, snacks, smoothies, and granola in the United States. It markets its products through direct-to-consumer focused websites, as well as through the business-to-business sales channels. The company offers its products under the Sow Good and Sustain Us brands. The company was formerly known as Black Ridge Oil & Gas, Inc. and changed its name to Sow Good Inc. in January 2021. Sow Good Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Irving, Texas.