Reviewing Maison Solutions (MSS) & Its Competitors

Maison Solutions (NASDAQ:MSS) is one of 149 public companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Maison Solutions to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Maison Solutions and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maison Solutions	$124.22 million	$1.17 million	-0.04
Maison Solutions Competitors	$34.77 billion	$846.26 million	17.21

Maison Solutions’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Maison Solutions. Maison Solutions 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.

Risk and Volatility

Maison Solutions has a beta of 4.21, suggesting that its share price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maison Solutions’ competitors have a beta of 0.44, suggesting that their average share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.4% of Maison Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of Maison Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maison Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
Maison Solutions Competitors	-25.86%	3.88%	2.96%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Maison Solutions and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maison Solutions	1	1	1	0	2.00
Maison Solutions Competitors	2243	8275	10063	459	2.42

Maison Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $162.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15,230.19%. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 56.74%. Given Maison Solutions’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Maison Solutions is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Maison Solutions competitors beat Maison Solutions on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Maison Solutions Company Profile

Maison Solutions Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the specialty grocery retailer in California. The company offers perishable products, such as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit; non-perishable products, including grocery products comprising cooking utensils, canned foods, Chinese and Asian seasonings and spices, and snacks, as well as liquor, cigarette, lottery, newspaper, reusable bag, non-food, and health products, and general merchandise, beauty care, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services in its stores. It also offers its products online. The company was formerly known as Maison International, Inc. and changed its name to Maison Solutions Inc. in September 2021. Maison Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Monterey Park, California.