Critical Review: WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) and Agritech Worldwide (OTCMKTS:FBER)

Agritech Worldwide (OTCMKTS:FBER) and WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Agritech Worldwide and WK Kellogg, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agritech Worldwide	0	0	0	0	0.00
WK Kellogg	3	5	0	0	1.63

WK Kellogg has a consensus price target of $18.88, indicating a potential downside of 9.71%. Given Agritech Worldwide’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Agritech Worldwide is more favorable than WK Kellogg.

Profitability

This table compares Agritech Worldwide and WK Kellogg’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agritech Worldwide	N/A	N/A	N/A
WK Kellogg	2.50%	33.41%	5.60%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Agritech Worldwide and WK Kellogg”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agritech Worldwide	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WK Kellogg	$2.76 billion	0.65	$110.00 million	$0.78	26.80

WK Kellogg has higher revenue and earnings than Agritech Worldwide.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are held by institutional investors. 82.4% of Agritech Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of WK Kellogg shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

WK Kellogg beats Agritech Worldwide on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agritech Worldwide

Agritech Worldwide, Inc. does not have significant business operations. Previously, it developed products and processes that converted agricultural by-products into multi-functional ingredients for use in the food manufacturing and other industries. The company was formerly known as Z Trim Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Agritech Worldwide, Inc. in April 2016. Agritech Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York.

About WK Kellogg

WK Kellogg Co operates as a food company in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. It manufactures, markets, and distributes ready-to-eat cereal products primarily under the Frosted Flakes, Special K, Froot Loops, Raisin Bran, Frosted Mini-Wheats, and Kashi brands. The company was formerly known as North America Cereal Co. and changed its name to WK Kellogg Co in March 2023. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan.