Head-To-Head Review: Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) and Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas (NYSE:LND)

Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas (NYSE:LND) and Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas and Vital Farms, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas	1	1	0	0	1.50
Vital Farms	1	8	5	0	2.29

Vital Farms has a consensus price target of $17.18, indicating a potential upside of 76.40%. Given Vital Farms’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vital Farms is more favorable than Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas and Vital Farms”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas	$177.24 million	2.16	-$17.03 million	($0.17)	-21.88
Vital Farms	$759.44 million	0.55	$66.28 million	($0.04)	-243.50

Vital Farms has higher revenue and earnings than Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas. Vital Farms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas and Vital Farms’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas	-9.93%	-4.36%	-2.38%
Vital Farms	0.02%	3.46%	2.25%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.1% of Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Vital Farms shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Vital Farms shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Farms has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vital Farms beats Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Brasilagro Cia Brasileira De Propriedades Agricolas

BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and sale of rural properties suitable for agricultural activities in Brazil and internationally. It operates through six segments: Real Estate, Grains, Sugarcane, livestock, Cotton, and Other. The company involved in the cultivation of soybean, corn, sesame, and cotton, as well as sugarcane; and production and sale of beef calves after weaning. It also imports and exports agricultural products, livestock, and forestry activities and inputs; purchases, sells, and/or rents rural/urban properties; provides real estate brokerage services; and manages third-party assets. It operates farms through own and leased lands. BrasilAgro – Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

About Vital Farms

Vital Farms, Inc., a food company, provides pasture-raised products in the United States. It offers shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.