Analyzing CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) and Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA)

CIMG (NASDAQ:IMG) and Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for CIMG and Mama’s Creations, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CIMG	1	0	0	0	1.00
Mama’s Creations	0	2	6	1	2.89

Mama’s Creations has a consensus price target of $19.86, indicating a potential upside of 45.15%. Given Mama’s Creations’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mama’s Creations is more favorable than CIMG.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CIMG and Mama’s Creations”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CIMG	$10.30 million	0.21	-$4.88 million	($4.00)	-0.06
Mama’s Creations	$208.60 million	3.09	$5.29 million	$0.17	80.47

Mama’s Creations has higher revenue and earnings than CIMG. CIMG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mama’s Creations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CIMG	N/A	-23.59%	-15.90%
Mama’s Creations	3.53%	10.05%	7.12%

Risk & Volatility

CIMG has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.4% of CIMG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CIMG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats CIMG on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CIMG

CIMG Inc. is a digital marketing, sales and distribution company for various consumer products with focuses on food and beverages. CIMG Inc., formerly known as NUZEE INC., is based in BEIJING.

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.