Contrasting Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) & Sentient Brands (OTCMKTS:SNBH)

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) and Sentient Brands (OTCMKTS:SNBH) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.0% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Oil-Dri Corporation Of America and Sentient Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	0	0	1	0	3.00
Sentient Brands	0	0	0	0	0.00

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Oil-Dri Corporation Of America and Sentient Brands”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	$485.57 million	2.67	$54.00 million	$3.89	23.03
Sentient Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has higher revenue and earnings than Sentient Brands.

Profitability

This table compares Oil-Dri Corporation Of America and Sentient Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	11.35%	20.53%	14.17%
Sentient Brands	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America beats Sentient Brands on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oil-Dri Corporation Of America

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for the pet care, animal health and nutrition, fluids purification, agricultural ingredients, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. It operates through the Business to Business Products Group and Retail and Wholesale Products Group segments. The Business to Business Products Group segment’s customers include processors and refiners of edible oils, jet fuel and biofuel, manufacturers of animal feed and agricultural chemicals, distributors of animal health and nutrition products, and marketers of consumer products. The Retail and Wholesale Products Group segment customers include retailers of cat litter and related accessories such as mass merchandisers, drugstore chains, pet specialty retail outlets, dollar stores, retail grocery stores as well as distributors of industrial cleanup and automotive products, environmental service companies, and sports field product users. The company was founded by Nick Jaffee in 1941 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

About Sentient Brands

Sentient Brands Holdings Inc., a product development and brand management company, builds innovative brands in the luxury and premium market space. It offers CBD luxury skin care and lifestyle products, such as purifying exfoliator, replenishing facial oil, ultra-nourishing face cream, and revitalizing eye cream under the Oeuvre brand through direct-to consumer online e-commerce platform and wholesale partners. The company was formerly known as Intelligent Buying, Inc. and changed its name to Sentient Brands Holdings Inc. in March 2021. Sentient Brands Holdings Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York.