Comparing Optimi Health (OTCMKTS:OPTHF) & Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL)

Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) and Optimi Health (OTCMKTS:OPTHF) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Vital Farms and Optimi Health, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vital Farms	0	4	3	0	2.43
Optimi Health	0	0	0	0	N/A

Vital Farms currently has a consensus price target of $17.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.02%. Given Vital Farms’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vital Farms is more favorable than Optimi Health.

Profitability

This table compares Vital Farms and Optimi Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vital Farms	4.53%	11.81%	8.72%
Optimi Health	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vital Farms and Optimi Health’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vital Farms	$446.13 million	1.19	$1.25 million	$0.45	28.42
Optimi Health	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Vital Farms has higher revenue and earnings than Optimi Health.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.2% of Vital Farms shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.2% of Vital Farms shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Vital Farms beats Optimi Health on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vital Farms

Vital Farms, Inc., a food company, provides pasture-raised products in the United States. It offers shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, ghee, and liquid whole eggs. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Optimi Health

Optimi Health Corp. develops an integrated functional mushroom brand that focuses on the health and wellness food markets in Canada. The company also focuses on the cultivation, extraction, processing, and distribution of strains of functional mushroom. It offers a range of fungi varieties, which include Lions Mane, Reishi, Turkey Tail, Chaga, and Cordyceps. The company was formerly known as 1251418 BC Ltd. and changed its name to Optimi Health Corp. in August 2020. Optimi Health Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.