Reviewing Australian Oilseeds (COOT) & Its Peers

Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) is one of 69 public companies in the “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Australian Oilseeds to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.9% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$41.70 million	-$800,000.00	-24.13
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	$8.97 billion	$395.89 million	18.69

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Australian Oilseeds and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	784	3604	3869	162	2.40

As a group, “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 26.12%. Given Australian Oilseeds’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Australian Oilseeds has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Australian Oilseeds	-2.98%	-102.42%	-4.13%
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	-6.16%	-19.12%	1.26%

Volatility and Risk

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds’ competitors have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Australian Oilseeds competitors beat Australian Oilseeds on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Australian Oilseeds Company Profile

Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale oil seeds through its subsidiaries. It focuses on acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all the assets of, entering contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on December 29, 2022 and is headquartered in Cootamundra, Australia.