Financial Comparison: Australian Oilseeds (COOT) vs. The Competition

Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) is one of 69 public companies in the “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Australian Oilseeds to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Australian Oilseeds	-2.98%	-104.19%	-4.15%
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	-5.87%	-18.94%	1.35%

Volatility & Risk

Australian Oilseeds has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds’ rivals have a beta of 0.80, indicating that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.9% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Australian Oilseeds and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Australian Oilseeds	$41.70 million	-$840,000.00	-33.25
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	$8.99 billion	$395.89 million	43.66

Australian Oilseeds’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Australian Oilseeds. Australian Oilseeds is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Australian Oilseeds and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Australian Oilseeds	1	0	0	0	1.00
Australian Oilseeds Competitors	814	3649	3907	165	2.40

As a group, “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 26.34%. Given Australian Oilseeds’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Australian Oilseeds has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

Australian Oilseeds rivals beat Australian Oilseeds on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Australian Oilseeds Company Profile

Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale oil seeds through its subsidiaries. It focuses on acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all the assets of, entering contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on December 29, 2022 and is headquartered in Cootamundra, Australia.