EDUC vs. SDOT, DALN, VWE, SANW, WVVI, RGF, NCRA, XXII, PETZ, and LOCL
Should you be buying Educational Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Educational Development include Sadot Group (SDOT), DallasNews (DALN), Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), S&W Seed (SANW), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Real Good Food (RGF), Nocera (NCRA), 22nd Century Group (XXII), TDH (PETZ), and Local Bounti (LOCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT) and Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, Educational Development had 76 more articles in the media than Sadot Group. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Educational Development and 3 mentions for Sadot Group. Educational Development's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Sadot Group's score of 0.19 indicating that Sadot Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sadot Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Educational Development has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Educational Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sadot Group. Sadot Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Educational Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Educational Development has a net margin of 0.42% compared to Educational Development's net margin of -1.13%. Sadot Group's return on equity of 0.53% beat Educational Development's return on equity.
13.3% of Sadot Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Educational Development shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Sadot Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of Educational Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Educational Development received 203 more outperform votes than Sadot Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.56% of users gave Educational Development an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Sadot Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Educational Development beats Sadot Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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