Analyzing Blue Star Foods (BSFC) and Its Peers

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Blue Star Foods and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Star Foods	$5.93 million	-$4.47 million	-0.02
Blue Star Foods Competitors	$7.36 billion	$702.20 million	-326.17

Blue Star Foods’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Blue Star Foods. Blue Star Foods is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

18.8% of Blue Star Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 53.7% of Blue Star Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Blue Star Foods has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Star Foods’ peers have a beta of -3.82, suggesting that their average share price is 482% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Blue Star Foods and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Star Foods	-82.34%	-134.60%	-66.98%
Blue Star Foods Competitors	-13.83%	-146.53%	-4.12%

Summary

Blue Star Foods peers beat Blue Star Foods on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Blue Star Foods Company Profile

Blue Star Foods Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as a marine protein company in the United States and Canada. The company imports, packages, and sells refrigerated pasteurized crab meats and other premium seafood products. It sells its products primarily to food service distributors, as well as wholesalers, retail establishments, and seafood distributors under the Blue Star, Oceanica, Pacifika, Crab & Go, Lubkin's Coastal Pride, First Choice, Good Stuff, Coastal Pride Fresh, TOBC, and Little Cedar Farms brands. Blue Star Foods Corp. was formerly known as John Keeler & Co. Inc. The company is based in Miami, Florida.