Yield10 Bioscience (YTEN) Competitors

Yield10 Bioscience (NASDAQ:YTEN) and Origin Agritech (NASDAQ:SEED) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts prefer YTEN or SEED?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yield10 Bioscience	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Origin Agritech	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in YTEN or SEED?

7.7% of Yield10 Bioscience shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Origin Agritech shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Yield10 Bioscience shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Origin Agritech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is YTEN or SEED more profitable?

Origin Agritech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Yield10 Bioscience's net margin of -3,882.82%. Origin Agritech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Yield10 Bioscience's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yield10 Bioscience	-3,882.82%	-243.41%	-143.90%
Origin Agritech	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, YTEN or SEED?

Yield10 Bioscience has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Agritech has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, YTEN or SEED?

Origin Agritech has higher revenue and earnings than Yield10 Bioscience.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yield10 Bioscience	$450 thousand	32.51	-$13.57 million	-$2.84	-0.86
Origin Agritech	$7.41 million	4.55	-$880 thousand	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor YTEN or SEED?

In the previous week, Yield10 Bioscience had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Agritech. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Yield10 Bioscience and 1 mentions for Origin Agritech. Yield10 Bioscience's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Origin Agritech's average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Yield10 Bioscience	Neutral
Origin Agritech	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YTEN or SEED?

Yield10 Bioscience received 5 more outperform votes than Origin Agritech when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.67% of users gave Origin Agritech an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Yield10 Bioscience an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yield10 Bioscience	Outperform Votes 220 61.28%	Underperform Votes 139 38.72%
Origin Agritech	Outperform Votes 215 71.67%	Underperform Votes 85 28.33%

Summary

Origin Agritech beats Yield10 Bioscience on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.