Head-To-Head Review: Meat-Tech 3D (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) & Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND)

Meat-Tech 3D (OTCMKTS:MTTCF) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Meat-Tech 3D and Beyond Meat, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Meat-Tech 3D	0	0	0	0	0.00
Beyond Meat	7	2	0	0	1.22

Beyond Meat has a consensus target price of $0.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.63%. Given Beyond Meat’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than Meat-Tech 3D.

Profitability

This table compares Meat-Tech 3D and Beyond Meat’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Meat-Tech 3D	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beyond Meat	54.95%	-54.39%	32.46%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Meat-Tech 3D and Beyond Meat”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Meat-Tech 3D	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beyond Meat	$275.50 million	1.47	$219.02 million	($2.22)	-0.36

Beyond Meat has higher revenue and earnings than Meat-Tech 3D.

Summary

Beyond Meat beats Meat-Tech 3D on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Meat-Tech 3D

Steakholder Foods Ltd., a deep-tech food company, develops cultivated meat production technologies in Israel. The company develops alternative protein manufacturing machines, including three-dimensional printers to produce meat, fish, and seafood analogs; and hybrid cultivated meat technologies to be integrated into production processes, as well as hybrid meat blends, cell lines, growth media, and bioreactors. It also offers premix blends as a plant-based alternative for meat and seafood under the SHMeat and SHFish brand names. In addition, the company provides consulting and implementation services. It serves food processing and retail companies; and cultivated meat producers. Steakholder Foods Ltd. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

About Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat, Inc., a plant-based meat company, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells plant-based meat products in the United States and internationally. The company sells a range of plant-based meat products across the platforms of beef, pork, and poultry. It sells its products through grocery, mass merchandiser, club stores, and natural retailer channels, as well as various food-away-from-home channels, including restaurants, foodservice outlets, and schools. The company was formerly known as Savage River, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Meat, Inc. in September 2018. Beyond Meat, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.