Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) vs. UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) Financial Analysis

Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) and UBE (OTCMKTS:UBEOY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Moolec Science shares are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Moolec Science shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Moolec Science and UBE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moolec Science	N/A	-69.56%	-29.51%
UBE	3.73%	7.60%	3.66%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Moolec Science and UBE, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moolec Science	0	0	3	0	3.00
UBE	0	0	0	0	N/A

Moolec Science currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 358.33%. Given Moolec Science’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Moolec Science is more favorable than UBE.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Moolec Science and UBE’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moolec Science	$900,000.00	50.08	-$51.79 million	N/A	N/A
UBE	$5.84 billion	0.28	$218.05 million	$1.10	7.11

UBE has higher revenue and earnings than Moolec Science.

Volatility & Risk

Moolec Science has a beta of -0.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBE has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

UBE beats Moolec Science on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Moolec Science

Moolec Science SA, a science-based food ingredient company, focuses on developing real animal proteins in plants using molecular farming. It offers Chymosin SPC, a dairy ingredient; GLA SONOVA, a nutritional oil; POORK+, a plant-based, animal meat free ingredient with porcine proteins in soybeans; and BEEF+, a meat replacement product. It operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Luxembourg.

About UBE

Ube Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the chemicals, construction materials, and machinery businesses in Japan, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Chemicals, Construction Materials, Machinery, and Others. It offers synthetic rubber, engineering plastics, caprolactam, industrial chemicals, liquefied gas, polyethylene, ammonium sulfate, polyimide, battery materials, separation membranes, fine chemicals, ceramics, high purity chemicals, semiconductor gas products, products for polyurethane resins, aerospace materials, inorganic fiber, and high temperature paints. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for APIs and intermediates; aromatic SF5 compounds; FLUOLEAD, a novel nucleophilic fluorinating agent; and drug discovery and pipeline services. In addition, it offers cement products, ready mixed concrete, soil stabilizing cement, building materials, limestone, calcia and magnesia, specialty inorganic materials, and resource recycling, as well as imports and sells coal. Further, the company is involved in the supply of electric power. Additionally, it provides die-casting and injection molding machines, and extrusion presses; and UBE vertical mills, kilins, furnaces, dryers, water screening equipment, storage and transportation systems, bridges and steel structures, and steel billets and casting. The company also manufactures and sells nylon, plastic films, polypropylene molded products, fibers, fiber-reinforced plastics, electronic and information materials, magnesia clinker, quicklime, slaked lime, and cast iron; and offers coastal shipping, port transportation, containers, collection and transport of industrial waste, trading, and engineering services. In addition, it engages in the purchase, sale, and leasing of real estate properties. Ube Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.