Critical Survey: Blue Star Foods (BSFC) & The Competition

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Blue Star Foods and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Star Foods	$5.93 million	-$4.47 million	-0.02
Blue Star Foods Competitors	$7.36 billion	$702.20 million	-326.17

Blue Star Foods’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Blue Star Foods. Blue Star Foods is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Blue Star Foods has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Star Foods’ rivals have a beta of -3.82, suggesting that their average share price is 482% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Star Foods and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Star Foods	-82.34%	-134.60%	-66.98%
Blue Star Foods Competitors	-13.83%	-146.53%	-4.12%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

18.8% of Blue Star Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 53.7% of Blue Star Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Blue Star Foods rivals beat Blue Star Foods on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Blue Star Foods

Blue Star Foods Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as a marine protein company in the United States and Canada. The company imports, packages, and sells refrigerated pasteurized crab meats and other premium seafood products. It sells its products primarily to food service distributors, as well as wholesalers, retail establishments, and seafood distributors under the Blue Star, Oceanica, Pacifika, Crab & Go, Lubkin's Coastal Pride, First Choice, Good Stuff, Coastal Pride Fresh, TOBC, and Little Cedar Farms brands. Blue Star Foods Corp. was formerly known as John Keeler & Co. Inc. The company is based in Miami, Florida.