BranchOut Food (BOF) and Its Competitors Financial Comparison

BranchOut Food (NASDAQ:BOF) is one of 328 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare BranchOut Food to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.6% of BranchOut Food shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 21.5% of BranchOut Food shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

BranchOut Food has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BranchOut Food’s competitors have a beta of -3.84, suggesting that their average share price is 484% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for BranchOut Food and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BranchOut Food	1	0	1	0	2.00
BranchOut Food Competitors	2456	8309	8387	405	2.34

BranchOut Food presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 258.21%. As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 17.06%. Given BranchOut Food’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BranchOut Food is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BranchOut Food and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BranchOut Food	$14.34 million	-$6.12 million	-2.79
BranchOut Food Competitors	$7.13 billion	$712.67 million	-2,425.81

BranchOut Food’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than BranchOut Food. BranchOut Food is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares BranchOut Food and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BranchOut Food	-56.77%	-153.95%	-51.07%
BranchOut Food Competitors	-12.90%	-127.90%	-2.06%

Summary

BranchOut Food competitors beat BranchOut Food on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

BranchOut Food Company Profile

BranchOut Food Inc. is a food technology company that develops, manufactures and sells dehydrated fruit and vegetable products. Its portfolio includes shelf-stable snacks, fruit-based products and vegetable ingredients designed for use by consumers, retailers and food manufacturers. The company uses proprietary dehydration technology intended to preserve the flavor, color, texture and nutritional characteristics of fresh produce while extending shelf life. BranchOut Food offers products under its own brand and works with business customers on private-label and ingredient applications.