Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LOCL or RKDA?

Arcadia Biosciences received 280 more outperform votes than Local Bounti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.06% of users gave Arcadia Biosciences 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%
Arcadia Biosciences	Outperform Votes 286 53.06%	Underperform Votes 253 46.94%

Do analysts prefer LOCL or RKDA?

Arcadia Biosciences has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Arcadia Biosciences' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arcadia Biosciences is more favorable than Local Bounti.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Local Bounti	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Arcadia Biosciences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, LOCL or RKDA?

Local Bounti has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadia Biosciences has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LOCL or RKDA?

28.0% of Local Bounti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Local Bounti shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Arcadia Biosciences shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LOCL or RKDA more profitable?

Arcadia Biosciences has a net margin of -110.61% compared to Local Bounti's net margin of -427.08%. Arcadia Biosciences' return on equity of -52.63% beat Local Bounti's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Local Bounti	-427.08%	-1,095.76%	-35.86%
Arcadia Biosciences	-110.61%	-52.63%	-34.57%

Which has better valuation & earnings, LOCL or RKDA?

Arcadia Biosciences has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Local Bounti. Arcadia Biosciences 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	$41.36M	0.52	-$124.01M	-$15.54	-0.13
Arcadia Biosciences	$5.26M	1.29	-$13.98M	-$4.28	-1.16

Does the media prefer LOCL or RKDA?

In the previous week, Local Bounti and Local Bounti both had 1 articles in the media. Arcadia Biosciences' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Local Bounti's score of 0.00 indicating that Arcadia Biosciences is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Local Bounti	Neutral
Arcadia Biosciences	Very Positive

Summary

Arcadia Biosciences beats Local Bounti on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.