Edible Garden (NASDAQ:EDBL) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) Financial Survey

Edible Garden (NASDAQ:EDBL) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Edible Garden and B&G Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Edible Garden	1	0	1	0	2.00
B&G Foods	2	1	0	0	1.33

Edible Garden currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 4,854.31%. B&G Foods has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.27%. Given Edible Garden’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Edible Garden is more favorable than B&G Foods.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Edible Garden and B&G Foods”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Edible Garden	$12.81 million	0.10	-$17.33 million	($1,994.47)	-0.00
B&G Foods	$1.83 billion	0.11	-$43.26 million	($0.89)	-2.74

Edible Garden has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B&G Foods. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edible Garden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Edible Garden and B&G Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edible Garden	-122.09%	N/A	-78.65%
B&G Foods	-4.00%	10.74%	1.55%

Volatility and Risk

Edible Garden has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.0% of Edible Garden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Edible Garden shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of B&G Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

B&G Foods beats Edible Garden on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Edible Garden

Edible Garden AG Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operate as a controlled environment agriculture farming company. It offers various packaged products, including cilantro, rosemary, mint, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, chives, poultry mix, sage, dill, buttercrunch living lettuce, basil, living butterhead lettuce, basil, parsley, arugula spring mix, baby arugula blend, baby romaine, and crisp ranch and Caesar salad kits. The company sells its products to various regional and national supermarkets. Edible Garden AG Incorporated was founded in 2020 and is based in Belvidere, New Jersey.

About B&G Foods

B&G Foods, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of shelf-stable frozen food, and household products in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. It operates through the following segments: Specialty, Meals, Frozen & Vegetables, and Spices & Flavor Solutions. The Specialty segment includes, among others, the Crisco, Clabber Girl, Bear Creek, Polaner, Underwood, B&G, Grandma’s, New York Style, Don Pepino, Sclafani, B&M, Baker’s Joy, Regina, TrueNorth, Static Guard, SugarTwin and Brer Rabbit brands. The Meals segment focuses on the Ortega, Maple Grove Farms, Cream of Wheat, Las Palmas, Victoria, Mama Mary’s, Spring Tree, McCann’s, Carey’s and Vermont Maid brands. The Frozen & Vegetables segment consists of Green Giant and Le Sueur brands. The Spices & Flavor Solutions segment offers Dash, Spice Islands, Weber, Ac’cent, Tone’s, Trappey’s, Durkee and Wright’s brands. Its products include frozen and canned vegetables, hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned meats and beans, bagel chips, spices, seasonings, hot sauces, and wine vinegar. Its brands include Back to Nature, Bear Creek, Cream of Wheat, Green Giant, Mrs. Dash, and Ortega. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.