Local Bounti (LOCL) Competitors

Local Bounti (NYSE:LOCL) and S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is LOCL or SANW more profitable?

S&W Seed has a net margin of -36.60% compared to Local Bounti's net margin of -425.89%. S&W Seed's return on equity of -33.78% beat Local Bounti's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Local Bounti	-425.89%	-273.85%	-32.42%
S&W Seed	-36.60%	-33.78%	-14.01%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LOCL or SANW?

28.0% of Local Bounti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of S&W Seed shares are held by institutional investors. 38.1% of Local Bounti shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of S&W Seed shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, LOCL or SANW?

Local Bounti has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&W Seed has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LOCL or SANW?

In the previous week, S&W Seed had 8 more articles in the media than Local Bounti. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for S&W Seed and 1 mentions for Local Bounti. Local Bounti's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat S&W Seed's score of 0.15 indicating that Local Bounti is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Local Bounti	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
S&W Seed	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LOCL or SANW?

S&W Seed received 342 more outperform votes than Local Bounti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.16% of users gave S&W Seed an outperform vote while only 31.58% of users gave Local Bounti an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Local Bounti	Outperform Votes 6 31.58%	Underperform Votes 13 68.42%
S&W Seed	Outperform Votes 348 61.16%	Underperform Votes 221 38.84%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LOCL or SANW?

S&W Seed has higher revenue and earnings than Local Bounti. S&W Seed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Local Bounti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Local Bounti	$27.56M	0.94	-$124.01M	-$15.36	-0.20
S&W Seed	$73.52M	0.22	$14.41M	-$0.59	-0.64

Do analysts prefer LOCL or SANW?

Local Bounti presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 195.08%. Given Local Bounti's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Local Bounti is more favorable than S&W Seed.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Local Bounti	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
S&W Seed	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

S&W Seed beats Local Bounti on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.