Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) vs. Oriental Rise (NASDAQ:ORIS) Critical Review

Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) and Oriental Rise (NASDAQ:ORIS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Mama’s Creations shares 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Mama’s Creations and Oriental Rise, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mama’s Creations	0	0	5	1	3.17
Oriental Rise	1	0	0	0	1.00

Mama’s Creations presently has a consensus price target of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.17%. Given Mama’s Creations’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mama’s Creations is more favorable than Oriental Rise.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mama’s Creations and Oriental Rise”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mama’s Creations	$123.33 million	4.99	$3.71 million	$0.11	137.73
Oriental Rise	$15.01 million	0.06	$2.09 million	N/A	N/A

Mama’s Creations has higher revenue and earnings than Oriental Rise.

Profitability

This table compares Mama’s Creations and Oriental Rise’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mama’s Creations	3.08%	16.72%	9.28%
Oriental Rise	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oriental Rise has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats Oriental Rise on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mama’s Creations

Mama’s Creations, Inc. engages in the marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of beef meatballs with sauce, turkey meatballs with sauce, beef meat loaf, sausage and peppers, chicken parmesan, and other similar meats and sauces. Its products include beef meatballs, turkey meatballs, stuffed meatballs, lasagna roll ups, retail ready meals, bulk deli, single-size pasta bowls, and packaged refrigerated products. Its brands include MamaMancini’s, Creative Salads, and The Olive Branch. The company was founded by Daniel Dougherty on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in East Rutherford, NJ.

About Oriental Rise

Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd. engages in the cultivation, processing, and sale of tea leaves and tea products. It operates through the Primarily-Processes Teas and Refined Teas segments. The company was founded by Chun Sun Wong, Wai Kwong Fong and Deming Zhou on January 25, 2019 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.