Contrasting Health and Happiness (H&H) International (OTCMKTS:BTSDF) and ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO)

ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Health and Happiness (H&H) International (OTCMKTS:BTSDF) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Volatility & Risk

ARKO has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Health and Happiness (H&H) International has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.3% of ARKO shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of ARKO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ARKO and Health and Happiness (H&H) International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARKO	$7.64 billion	0.11	$22.74 million	$0.19	39.00
Health and Happiness (H&H) International	$1.82 billion	0.57	N/A	N/A	N/A

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than Health and Happiness (H&H) International.

Profitability

This table compares ARKO and Health and Happiness (H&H) International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARKO	0.38%	9.10%	0.80%
Health and Happiness (H&H) International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for ARKO and Health and Happiness (H&H) International, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARKO	1	0	0	2	3.00
Health and Happiness (H&H) International	0	0	0	0	0.00

ARKO presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.96%. Given ARKO’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ARKO is more favorable than Health and Happiness (H&H) International.

Summary

ARKO beats Health and Happiness (H&H) International on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ARKO

Arko Corp. operates convenience stores in the United States. It operates through Retail, Wholesale, Fleet Fueling, and GPMP segments. The Retail segment engages in the sale of fuel and merchandise to retail consumers. Its Wholesale segment supplies fuel to third-party dealers and consignment agents. The Fleet Fueling segment supplies fuel to proprietary and third-party cardlock, and issuance of proprietary fuel cards. Its GPMP segment supplies fuel to retail and wholesale segments. The company is based in Richmond, Virginia.

About Health and Happiness (H&H) International

Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, manufactures and sells pediatric nutrition, baby care, adult nutrition and care, and pet nutrition and care products in China, Australia, New Zealand, North America, and internationally. The company offers milk formulas for infants, children and expectant, and nursing mothers; probiotic and nutrition supplements in the form of sachets, capsules, gummies, and tablets for infants, children, and expectant mothers; and vitamins, herbal and mineral supplements, and skin care and sports nutrition products for adults; dried baby food and baby care products; and complete pet food products, and multicondition pet supplements. In addition, the company is involved in the research, development, manufacture, sale, and processing of meat, fruit, vegetable powder, candy, special nutritional food, and nutritional products; marketing and distribution of organic baby food; and wholesale, retail, import, and export of nutritional food and personal care products for infants. Further, it engages in the trading and sale of vitamins, health supplements, skin care and sports nutrition products for adults, pet food, and nutritional supplements for pets; online sale and provision of software and information technology; and packaging services, as well as research, development, procurement and sale of vitamins, health supplements, skin care and sports nutrition products for adults. It provides its products under the Healthy Times, Biostime Changsha, Farmland, Swisse, Aurelia, Zesty Paws, Solid Gold, Dodie, and Good Gout brand names. The company was formerly known as Biostime International Holdings Limited and changed its name to Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited in June 2017. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Biostime Pharmaceuticals (China) Limited.