Critical Comparison: Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD) & Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI)

Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) and Nomad Foods (NYSE:NOMD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and Nomad Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nomad Foods	4.43%	9.05%	3.61%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.3% of Nomad Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.1% of Cuisine Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Cuisine Solutions has a beta of -0.33, meaning that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomad Foods has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Cuisine Solutions and Nomad Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cuisine Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nomad Foods	1	2	3	0	2.33

Nomad Foods has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.19%. Given Nomad Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nomad Foods is more favorable than Cuisine Solutions.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and Nomad Foods”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nomad Foods	$3.43 billion	0.41	$154.66 million	$1.03	9.77

Nomad Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cuisine Solutions.

Summary

Nomad Foods beats Cuisine Solutions on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cuisine Solutions

Cuisine Solutions, Inc. produces and markets various food products in the United States. Its products include beef, lamb, pork and veal, pastas, poultry, sauces, seafood, and vegetarian meals. The company offers its products to foodservice, on board services, retail, military, and national restaurant chain industries. Cuisine Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.

About Nomad Foods

Nomad Foods Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of frozen food products in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company offers frozen fish products, including fish fingers, coated fish, and natural fish; ready-to-cook vegetable products, such as peas and spinach; and frozen poultry and meat products comprising nuggets, grills, and burgers. It also provides meal products that include ready-to-cook noodles, pasta, lasagna, pancakes, and other ready-made meals; ice creams, such as in-home and out-of-home ice creams; and other products consisting of soups, pizzas, bakery goods, and meat substitutes. The company sells its products to supermarkets and food retail chains primarily under the Birds Eye, Green Cuisine, iglo, Findus, Aunt Bessie's, Goodfella's, Frikom, Ledo, La Cocinera, and Belviva brand names. Nomad Foods Limited was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Feltham, the United Kingdom.