Cadiz (NASDAQ:CDZI – Get Free Report) and Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
79.8% of Cadiz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Adecoagro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cadiz shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Adecoagro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Cadiz and Adecoagro, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cadiz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Adecoagro | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.14 |
Profitability
This table compares Cadiz and Adecoagro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cadiz | -209.35% | -104.61% | -24.80% |
| Adecoagro | -0.55% | -1.17% | -0.46% |
Volatility & Risk
Cadiz has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adecoagro has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Cadiz and Adecoagro”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cadiz | $16.31 million | 25.37 | -$34.15 million | ($0.48) | -10.33 |
| Adecoagro | $1.43 billion | 1.01 | -$6.76 million | ($0.08) | -179.49 |
Adecoagro has higher revenue and earnings than Cadiz. Adecoagro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadiz, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Adecoagro beats Cadiz on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cadiz
Cadiz Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides water solutions in the United States. The company operates through Land and Water Resources; and Water Filtration Technology segments. It offers water supply, water storage, water conveyance, and water filtration services. In addition, the company is involved in the cultivation of grain crops and alfalfa, as well as provides water filtration solutions for impaired or contaminated groundwater sources. It serves public water systems, government agencies, and other clients. Cadiz Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
About Adecoagro
Adecoagro S.A. operates as an agro-industrial company in South America. The company mainly operates through three segments: Farming; Sugar, Ethanol and Energy; and Land Transformation. It engages in farming crops, rice and other agricultural products, dairy operations, and land transformation activities, as well as sugar, ethanol, and energy production activities. The company is involved in the planting, harvesting, and sale of grains, oilseeds, and fibers, including wheat, corn, soybeans, peanuts, cotton, sunflowers, and others; provision of grain warehousing/conditioning, handling, and drying services to third parties; and purchase and sale of crops produced by third parties. It also plants, harvests, processes, and markets rice; and produces and sells raw milk, UHT, cheese, and powder milk. In addition, the company engages in the cultivating and transforming of sugarcane into ethanol, sugar, and electricity. Further, it is involved in the identification and acquisition of underdeveloped and undermanaged farmland, and the realization of value through the strategic disposition of assets. Adecoagro S.A. was founded in 2002 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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