Head-To-Head Comparison: Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT) vs. Clorox (NYSE:CLX)

Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sadot Group and Clorox”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sadot Group	$246.97 million	0.00	-$93.39 million	($14.98)	-0.01
Clorox	$7.10 billion	1.62	$810.00 million	$6.16	15.42

Clorox has higher revenue and earnings than Sadot Group. Sadot Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Sadot Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Sadot Group and Clorox, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sadot Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Clorox	5	11	1	0	1.76

Clorox has a consensus price target of $103.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. Given Clorox’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clorox is more favorable than Sadot Group.

Profitability

This table compares Sadot Group and Clorox’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sadot Group	-37.82%	-6,064.64%	-188.85%
Clorox	11.18%	443.64%	14.32%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.3% of Sadot Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sadot Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Clorox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clorox beats Sadot Group on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sadot Group

Sadot Group Inc. provides supply chain solutions that address growing food security challenges worldwide. The company is involved in the agri-commodity sourcing and trading operations for food/feed products, such as soybean meal, wheat, and corn; and farm operations, including producing grains and tree crops in Southern Africa. The company is also involved in the food service operations across the United States. The company was formerly known as Muscle Maker Inc. and changed its name to Sadot Group Inc. Sadot Group Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

About Clorox

The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Health and Wellness, Household, Lifestyle, and International. The Health and Wellness segment offers cleaning products, such as laundry additives and home care products primarily under the Clorox, Clorox2, Scentiva, Pine-Sol, Liquid-Plumr, Tilex, and Formula 409 brands; professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the CloroxPro and Clorox Healthcare brands; professional food service products under the Hidden Valley brand; and vitamins, minerals and supplement products under the RenewLife, Natural Vitality, NeoCell, and Rainbow Light brands in the United States. The Household segment provides cat litter products under the Fresh Step and Scoop Away brands; bags and wraps under the Glad brand; and grilling products under the Kingsford brand in the United States. The Lifestyle segment offers dressings, dips, seasonings, and sauces primarily under the Hidden Valley brand; natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees brand; and water-filtration products under the Brita brand in the United States. The International segment provides laundry additives; home care products; water-filtration systems; digestive health products; grilling products; cat litter products; food products; bags and wraps; natural personal care products; and professional cleaning and disinfecting products internationally primarily under the Clorox, Ayudin, Clorinda, Poett, Pine-Sol, Glad, Brita, RenewLife, Ever Clean and Burt's Bees brands. It sells its products primarily through mass retailers; grocery outlets; warehouse clubs; dollar stores; home hardware centers; drug, pet, and military stores; third-party and owned e-commerce channels; and distributors, as well as a direct sales force The Clorox Company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.