Sow Good (NASDAQ:SOWG – Get Free Report) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
10.7% of Sow Good shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.3% of Sow Good shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Sow Good and Flowers Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sow Good | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Flowers Foods | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
Risk and Volatility
Sow Good has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Sow Good and Flowers Foods’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sow Good | $16.07 million | 11.71 | -$3.06 million | ($0.35) | -53.03 |
| Flowers Foods | $5.09 billion | 0.93 | $123.42 million | $0.59 | 38.02 |
Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Sow Good. Sow Good is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowers Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Sow Good and Flowers Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sow Good | -4.21% | -19.26% | -6.42% |
| Flowers Foods | 2.45% | 18.35% | 7.41% |
Summary
Flowers Foods beats Sow Good on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sow Good
Sow Good Inc. is engaged in producing nutritious products in the freeze-dried food industry. Sow Good Inc., formerly known as Black Ridge Oil and Gas Inc., is based in IRVING, Texas.
About Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery food products in the United States. Its principal products include fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack items, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates bakeries. Its customers include national and regional restaurants, institutions and foodservice distributors, and retail in-store bakeries; wholesale distributors; mass merchandisers, supermarkets, vending outlets, and convenience stores; quick-serve chains, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies; and public health care, military commissaries, and prisons, and other governmental institutions. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
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