Comparing FMC (NYSE:FMC) & Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN)

Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Scheid Vineyards and FMC”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Scheid Vineyards	$58.41 million	N/A	-$17.80 million	($27.83)	-0.06
FMC	$4.25 billion	0.39	$341.10 million	($4.24)	-3.13

FMC has higher revenue and earnings than Scheid Vineyards. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scheid Vineyards, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Scheid Vineyards shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of FMC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Scheid Vineyards and FMC, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Scheid Vineyards	0	0	0	0	0.00
FMC	2	11	3	0	2.06

FMC has a consensus target price of $28.08, suggesting a potential upside of 111.58%. Given FMC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FMC is more favorable than Scheid Vineyards.

Profitability

This table compares Scheid Vineyards and FMC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scheid Vineyards	-45.56%	N/A	N/A
FMC	-14.81%	10.40%	3.73%

Volatility and Risk

Scheid Vineyards has a beta of -0.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FMC beats Scheid Vineyards on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Scheid Vineyards

Scheid Vineyards Inc. manufactures and sells wine in the United States. The company operates vineyards in Monterey and San Benito counties of California. It offers red, white, reserve, dessert wines, as well as accessories, such as wine glass. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Salinas, California.

About FMC

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that includes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.