Analyzing Steakholder Foods (NASDAQ:STKH) & Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD)

Steakholder Foods (NASDAQ:STKH) and Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Steakholder Foods and Smithfield Foods”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Steakholder Foods	$10,000.00	183.12	-$8.52 million	N/A	N/A
Smithfield Foods	$14.14 billion	0.66	$892.36 million	$2.27	10.41

Smithfield Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Steakholder Foods.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.5% of Steakholder Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Steakholder Foods and Smithfield Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Steakholder Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A
Smithfield Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Steakholder Foods and Smithfield Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Steakholder Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00
Smithfield Foods	0	1	7	1	3.00

Smithfield Foods has a consensus target price of $27.86, indicating a potential upside of 17.89%. Given Smithfield Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than Steakholder Foods.

Summary

Smithfield Foods beats Steakholder Foods on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Steakholder Foods

Steakholder Foods Ltd., a deep-tech food company, engages in the development of cultivated meat technologies to manufacture cultivated meat without animal slaughter in Israel. The company develops a three-dimensional bioprinter to deposit layers of stem cells and differentiated stem cells, scaffolding, and cell nutrients in a three-dimensional form of structured cultured meat. It intends to license its production technology; provides associated products, such as cell lines, printheads, bioreactors, and incubators; and offers technology implementation, training, and engineering support services directly and through contractors to food processing, food retail, and cultivated meat companies. Steakholder Foods Ltd. is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

About Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc. produces and markets a variety of fresh meat and packaged meats products both domestically and internationally. The Company operates in four segments: Pork, Hog Production, International and Corporate, each of which consists of a number of subsidiaries, joint ventures and other investments. The Pork segment consists mainly of its three wholly owned United States fresh pork and packaged meats subsidiaries: The Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. (Smithfield Packing), Farmland Foods, Inc. (Farmland Foods) and John Morrell Food Group (John Morrell). The Hog Production segment consists of the Company’s hog production operations located in the United States. On September 2012 (fiscal 2013), the Company acquired a 70% controlling interest in American Skin Food Group, LLC. Effective September 26, 2013, Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd merged with Smithfield Foods Inc, a producer and wholesaler of pork meat products.