Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE – Get Free Report) and Maison Solutions (NASDAQ:MSS – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Andersons and Maison Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Andersons | 1.62% | 16.23% | 5.84% |
| Maison Solutions | -10.56% | -93.48% | -12.74% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Andersons and Maison Solutions”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Andersons | $11.01 billion | 0.21 | $95.71 million | $5.18 | 12.93 |
| Maison Solutions | $124.22 million | 0.01 | $1.17 million | ($26.50) | -0.06 |
Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than Maison Solutions. Maison Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andersons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Andersons has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maison Solutions has a beta of 4.19, indicating that its stock price is 319% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Andersons and Maison Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Andersons | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Maison Solutions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Andersons presently has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.85%. Maison Solutions has a consensus price target of $162.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9,930.86%. Given Maison Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Maison Solutions is more favorable than Andersons.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Maison Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Andersons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.7% of Maison Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Andersons beats Maison Solutions on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Andersons
The Andersons, Inc. operates in trade, renewables, and nutrient and industrial sectors in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Switzerland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Trade, Renewables, and Nutrient & Industrial. The company’s Trade segment operates grain elevators; stores commodities; and provides grain marketing, risk management, and origination services, as well as sells commodities, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, ethanol, and corn oil. This segment also engages in the commodity merchandising business, as well as offers logistics for physical commodities, such as whole grains, grain products, feed ingredients, domestic fuel products, and other agricultural commodities. Its Renewables segment produces, purchases, and sells ethanol, and co-products, as well as offers facility operations, risk management, and marketing services to the ethanol plants it invests in and operates. The company’s Nutrient & Industrial segment manufactures, distributes, and retails agricultural and related plant nutrients, liquid industrial products, corncob-based products, and pelleted lime and gypsum products, as well as turf fertilizer, pesticide, and herbicide products; and crop nutrients, crop protection chemicals, and seed products, as well as provides application and agronomic services to commercial and family farmers. In addition, this segment produces corncob-based products for laboratory animal bedding and private-label cat litter, as well as absorbents, blast cleaners, carriers, and polishers; professional lawn care products for golf course and turf care markets; fertilizer and weed, and pest control products; dry and liquid agricultural nutrients, pelleted lime, gypsum, and soil amendments; and micronutrients, as well as industrial products comprising nitrogen reagents, calcium nitrate, deicers, and dust abatement products. The Andersons, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in Maumee, Ohio.
About Maison Solutions
Maison Solutions Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the specialty grocery retailer in California. The company offers perishable products, such as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit; non-perishable products, including grocery products comprising cooking utensils, canned foods, Chinese and Asian seasonings and spices, and snacks, as well as liquor, cigarette, lottery, newspaper, reusable bag, non-food, and health products, and general merchandise, beauty care, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services in its stores. It also offers its products online. The company was formerly known as Maison International, Inc. and changed its name to Maison Solutions Inc. in September 2021. Maison Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Monterey Park, California.
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