CBUS vs. AVD, LFVN, CGA, NAII, EVGN, MTEX, BIOX, LMNR, CSV, and LWAY
Should you be buying Cibus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cibus include American Vanguard (AVD), LifeVantage (LFVN), China Green Agriculture (CGA), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), Evogene (EVGN), Mannatech (MTEX), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Limoneira (LMNR), Carriage Services (CSV), and Lifeway Foods (LWAY).
Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) and American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
American Vanguard has higher revenue and earnings than Cibus. Cibus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Vanguard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Vanguard has a net margin of 1.22% compared to Cibus' net margin of -12,313.28%. American Vanguard's return on equity of 2.20% beat Cibus' return on equity.
33.8% of Cibus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.0% of American Vanguard shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of Cibus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of American Vanguard shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cibus presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.14%. American Vanguard has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 97.80%. Given American Vanguard's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Vanguard is more favorable than Cibus.
American Vanguard received 288 more outperform votes than Cibus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cibus an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave American Vanguard an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Vanguard had 7 more articles in the media than Cibus. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Vanguard and 6 mentions for Cibus. American Vanguard's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Cibus' score of 0.23 indicating that American Vanguard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cibus has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Vanguard has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Vanguard beats Cibus on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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