Contrasting Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) and S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW)

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) and S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and S&W Seed, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	0	0	0	0	0.00
S&W Seed	0	0	1	0	3.00

S&W Seed has a consensus target price of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 366.67%. Given S&W Seed’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe S&W Seed is more favorable than Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

61.7% of S&W Seed shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of S&W Seed shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and S&W Seed’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	N/A	N/A	N/A
S&W Seed	-76.30%	-51.47%	-18.21%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares and S&W Seed”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	$24.12 million	1.01	$11.50 million	N/A	N/A
S&W Seed	$54.81 million	0.29	-$30.03 million	($15.61)	-0.48

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than S&W Seed.

Summary

S&W Seed beats Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares

Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd. engages in the cultivation, processing, and sale of tea leaves and tea products. Its segments include refined teas and processed teas. The company was founded by Chun Sun Wong, Wai Kwong Fong and Deming Zhou on January 25, 2019 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.

About S&W Seed

S&W Seed Co. engages in the breeding, production, and sale of stevia and alfalfa seeds. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.