Financial Survey: Farmmi (NASDAQ:FAMI) and CHS (NASDAQ:CHSCP)

Farmmi (NASDAQ:FAMI) and CHS (NASDAQ:CHSCP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Farmmi and CHS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Farmmi	1	0	0	0	1.00
CHS	0	0	0	0	0.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.3% of Farmmi shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Farmmi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of CHS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Farmmi has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CHS has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Farmmi and CHS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Farmmi	N/A	N/A	N/A
CHS	1.75%	7.06%	3.09%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Farmmi and CHS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Farmmi	$27.97 million	0.23	-$53.10 million	N/A	N/A
CHS	$32.64 billion	N/A	$597.92 million	N/A	N/A

CHS has higher revenue and earnings than Farmmi.

Summary

CHS beats Farmmi on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Farmmi

Farmmi, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in processing and sale of agricultural products in China, the United States, Japan, Canada, Europe, Korea, and the Middle East. The company offers Shiitake mushrooms, Mu Er mushrooms, and other edible fungi, such as bamboo fungi, agrocybe aegerila, pleurotus eryngii, grifola frondose, coprinus comatus, and hericium erinaceus, as well as dried edible fungi. It is also involved in trading of cotton, corn, and other agricultural products. The company's products are offered under Lishui Shangeng, Farmmi Liangpin, Forasen, and Puyangtang brands. It offers its products through local distributors to processing manufacturers, supermarkets, restaurants, cafeterias, and local specialty stores. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Lishui, China.

About CHS

CHS Inc., an integrated agricultural company, engages in the provision of grains, food, and energy resources to businesses and consumers worldwide. It is involved in the operation of petroleum refineries and pipelines; the supply, marketing, and distribution of refined fuels; the blending, sale, and distribution of lubricants; and the supply of propane, asphalt, and other natural gas liquids. The company also processes and sells crude oil into refined petroleum products under the Cenex brand name to member cooperatives and other independent retailers through a network of approximately 1,500 sites and provides transportation services. In addition, it processes and markets grains and oilseeds and offers seeds, crop nutrients, crop protection products, animal feed, animal health products, refined and renewable fuels, as well as refined oils, meal, soy flour, and processed sunflower products. Additionally, it produces and distributes edible oil-based products. CHS Inc. was formerly known as Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives and changed its name to CHS Inc. in August 2003. The company was incorporated in 1936 and is based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.