Head-To-Head Comparison: PureBase (OTCMKTS:PUBC) & Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO)

Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO) and PureBase (OTCMKTS:PUBC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Lavoro and PureBase’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lavoro	-5.99%	-6.44%	-1.45%
PureBase	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Lavoro and PureBase, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lavoro	0	1	2	0	2.67
PureBase	0	0	0	0	N/A

Lavoro presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. Given Lavoro’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lavoro is more favorable than PureBase.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lavoro and PureBase’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lavoro	$1.79 billion	0.39	-$50.50 million	($0.98)	-6.12
PureBase	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.00	-46.04

PureBase has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lavoro. PureBase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lavoro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

2.5% of Lavoro shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Summary

Lavoro beats PureBase on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lavoro

Lavoro Limited operates as an agricultural inputs retailer. The company operates through three segments: Brazil Cluster, LATAM Cluster, and Crop Care Cluster. It distributes agricultural inputs, such as crop protection, seeds, fertilizers, foliar fertilizers, biologicals, adjuvants, organominerals, and others for the agricultural industry. The company also produces specialty fertilizers, crop protection products, and biological crop inputs. It operates in Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay. The company sells its products through its physical stores and digital channel. Lavoro Limited was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About PureBase

PureBase Corporation, an industrial mineral and natural resource company, engages in the provision of solutions to the agriculture and construction materials markets in the United States. The company offers PureBase Shade Advantage WP, a natural mineral plant protectant that reduces sunburn damage to plant tissue exposed to UV and infrared radiation; humic acid product derived from leonardite, which can be an important medium for soil health, water retention, and positive interactions with the soil microbiome; and other specialized fertilizers, sun protectants, soil amendments, and bio-stimulants for organic and non-organic sustainable agriculture. It is also involved in the development and testing of a kaolin-based product, that can help in creating lower CO2-emitting concrete using supplementary cementitious materials primarily for cement markets. The company was formerly known as Port of Call Online, Inc. and changed its name to Purebase Corporation in January 2015. Purebase Corporation was incorporated in 2010 is headquartered in Ione, California.