Financial Comparison: N2OFF (NITO) vs. The Competition

N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) is one of 38 publicly-traded companies in the “AGRI OPERATIONS” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare N2OFF to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for N2OFF and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N2OFF	1	0	0	0	1.00
N2OFF Competitors	389	760	1006	38	2.32

As a group, “AGRI OPERATIONS” companies have a potential upside of 48.90%. Given N2OFF’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe N2OFF has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares N2OFF and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
N2OFF	$210,000.00	-$5.19 million	-0.09
N2OFF Competitors	$32.75 billion	$118.42 million	7.46

N2OFF’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than N2OFF. N2OFF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

N2OFF has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF’s competitors have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares N2OFF and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
N2OFF	-2,422.21%	-196.54%	-142.36%
N2OFF Competitors	-408.23%	-60.54%	-17.89%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

61.2% of N2OFF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of shares of all “AGRI OPERATIONS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of N2OFF shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of shares of all “AGRI OPERATIONS” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

N2OFF competitors beat N2OFF on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

N2OFF Company Profile

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.