Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) and Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) Head to Head Survey

Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) and Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.4% of Campbell’s shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Campbell’s shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Campbell’s and Above Food Ingredients”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Campbell’s	$10.25 billion	0.60	$602.00 million	$1.83	11.31
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.15	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A

Campbell’s has higher revenue and earnings than Above Food Ingredients.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Campbell’s and Above Food Ingredients, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Campbell’s	7	11	2	0	1.75
Above Food Ingredients	0	0	0	0	0.00

Campbell’s presently has a consensus price target of $27.35, indicating a potential upside of 32.20%. Given Campbell’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Campbell’s is more favorable than Above Food Ingredients.

Risk & Volatility

Campbell’s has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Above Food Ingredients has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Campbell’s and Above Food Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Campbell’s	5.48%	19.96%	5.21%
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Campbell’s beats Above Food Ingredients on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Campbell’s

The Campbell’s Company, formerly known as Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Meals & Beverages and Snacks segments. The Meals & Beverages segment engages in the retail and foodservice businesses in the United States and Canada. This segment provides Campbell’s condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Pacific Foods broth, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; Campbell’s gravies, pasta, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; V8 juices and beverages; Campbell’s tomato juice; and snacking products in foodservice in Canada. The Snacks segment retails Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, fresh bakery, and frozen products, which include Goldfish crackers, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels, Lance sandwich crackers, Cape Cod and Kettle Brand potato chips, Late July snacks, Snack Factory pretzel crisps, Pop Secret popcorn, and other snacking products. This segment is also involved in the retail business in Latin America. It sells its products through retail food chains, mass discounters and merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, and dollar stores, as well as e-commerce and other retail, commercial, and non-commercial establishments, and independent contractor distributors. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

About Above Food Ingredients

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods. The Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients segment engages in the provisioning of discrete genetics, origination, purchasing, grading, processing, and sale of regeneratively grown grain; and origination, purchase, and sale of bespoke ingredients products. The Consumer Packaged Goods segment formulates, manufactures, sells, distributes, and markets proprietary consumer product formulations in owned brands; and focuses on manufacturing and distribution for private-labeled retail owned brands. Above Food Ingredients Inc. is based in Regina, Canada.