Blue Star Foods (BSFC) versus Its Peers Head-To-Head Contrast

Risk and Volatility

Blue Star Foods has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Star Foods’ competitors have a beta of -3.82, suggesting that their average stock price is 482% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

18.8% of Blue Star Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of Blue Star Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Star Foods and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Star Foods	-82.34%	-134.60%	-66.98%
Blue Star Foods Competitors	-13.56%	-146.29%	-4.54%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Blue Star Foods and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Star Foods	$5.93 million	-$4.47 million	-0.03
Blue Star Foods Competitors	$13.74 billion	$706.85 million	-2,367.71

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

Summary

Blue Star Foods competitors beat Blue Star Foods on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Blue Star Foods Company Profile

Blue Star Foods Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as a marine protein company in the United States and Canada. The company imports, packages, and sells refrigerated pasteurized crab meats and other premium seafood products. It sells its products primarily to food service distributors, as well as wholesalers, retail establishments, and seafood distributors under the Blue Star, Oceanica, Pacifika, Crab & Go, Lubkin's Coastal Pride, First Choice, Good Stuff, Coastal Pride Fresh, TOBC, and Little Cedar Farms brands. Blue Star Foods Corp. was formerly known as John Keeler & Co. Inc. The company is based in Miami, Florida.