Inspire Veterinary Partners (IVP) Competitors

S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) and Inspire Veterinary Partners (NASDAQ:IVP) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the media favor SANW or IVP?

In the previous week, S&W Seed had 10 more articles in the media than Inspire Veterinary Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for S&W Seed and 2 mentions for Inspire Veterinary Partners. Inspire Veterinary Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat S&W Seed's score of 0.33 indicating that Inspire Veterinary Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
S&W Seed	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Inspire Veterinary Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SANW or IVP more profitable?

S&W Seed has a net margin of -76.30% compared to Inspire Veterinary Partners' net margin of -84.67%. Inspire Veterinary Partners' return on equity of 0.00% beat S&W Seed's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
S&W Seed	-76.30%	-51.47%	-18.21%
Inspire Veterinary Partners	-84.67%	N/A	-60.69%

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

61.7% of S&W Seed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of Inspire Veterinary Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of S&W Seed shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SANW or IVP?

S&W Seed received 350 more outperform votes than Inspire Veterinary Partners when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
S&W Seed	Outperform Votes 350 56.73%	Underperform Votes 267 43.27%
Inspire Veterinary Partners	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, SANW or IVP?

S&W Seed has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspire Veterinary Partners has a beta of -1.85, indicating that its share price is 285% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SANW or IVP?

S&W Seed currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 399.20%. Given S&W Seed's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe S&W Seed is more favorable than Inspire Veterinary Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
S&W Seed	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Inspire Veterinary Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SANW or IVP?

Inspire Veterinary Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than S&W Seed. S&W Seed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inspire Veterinary Partners, 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
S&W Seed	$54.99M	0.20	-$30.03M	-$14.24	-0.35
Inspire Veterinary Partners	$16.59M	0.20	-$14.79M	-$28.29	-0.06

Summary

S&W Seed beats Inspire Veterinary Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.