Head to Head Survey: Australian Oilseeds (COOT) & Its Peers

Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) is one of 328 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Australian Oilseeds to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Australian Oilseeds	N/A	N/A	N/A
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	-13.57%	-450.73%	-2.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Australian Oilseeds and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	2439	8284	8359	401	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 17.71%. Given Australian Oilseeds’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Australian Oilseeds has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds’ peers have a beta of -3.83, meaning that their average stock price is 483% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$43.82 million	-$840,000.00	-7.62
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	$6.86 billion	$707.08 million	-2,401.28

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

12.9% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. 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

Australian Oilseeds peers beat Australian Oilseeds on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Australian Oilseeds

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.