Reviewing True Drinks (OTCMKTS:TRUU) and Bright Green (NASDAQ:BGXX)

True Drinks (OTCMKTS:TRUU) and Bright Green (NASDAQ:BGXX) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

7.8% of Bright Green shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.2% of True Drinks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.4% of Bright Green shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares True Drinks and Bright Green’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
True Drinks	-255.80%	N/A	-165.86%
Bright Green	N/A	-89.88%	-55.52%

Volatility & Risk

True Drinks has a beta of 10.9, indicating that its stock price is 990% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Green has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares True Drinks and Bright Green’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
True Drinks	$1.95 million	229.51	-$3.88 million	$0.01	9.00
Bright Green	N/A	N/A	-$13.13 million	($0.07)	-2.99

True Drinks has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Green. Bright Green is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than True Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for True Drinks and Bright Green, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
True Drinks	0	0	0	0	N/A
Bright Green	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

True Drinks beats Bright Green on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About True Drinks

True Drinks Holdings, Inc. markets and distributes nutritional supplement drinks. The company sells Bazi All Natural Energy, a liquid nutritional supplement drink through drinkbazi.com. It also formulates products containing CBD; and produces and distributes vapor products in approximately 90 countries. The company was formerly known as True Drinks, Inc. and changed its name to True Drinks Holdings, Inc. in October 2012. True Drinks Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

About Bright Green

Bright Green Corporation focuses on the cultivation, manufacture, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-related products. Its products are used in research, pharmaceutical applications, and affiliated exports. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Grants, New Mexico.