Financial Review: Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) and FMC (NYSE:FMC)

FMC (NYSE:FMC) and Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares FMC and Moolec Science”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FMC	$3.61 billion	0.44	$341.10 million	($4.24)	-3.01
Moolec Science	$5.62 million	0.32	-$7.31 million	($2.20)	-0.20

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.9% of FMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moolec Science shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of FMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Moolec Science shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

FMC has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moolec Science has a beta of -0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for FMC and Moolec Science, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FMC	2	11	3	0	2.06
Moolec Science	0	0	0	0	0.00

FMC presently has a consensus price target of $28.08, suggesting a potential upside of 119.69%. Given FMC’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FMC is more favorable than Moolec Science.

Profitability

This table compares FMC and Moolec Science’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FMC	2.42%	9.36%	3.51%
Moolec Science	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

FMC beats Moolec Science on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FMC

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that includes insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About Moolec Science

Moolec Science SA, a science-based food ingredient company, focuses on developing real animal proteins in plants using molecular farming. It offers Chymosin SPC, a dairy ingredient; GLA SONOVA, a nutritional oil; POORK+, a plant-based, animal meat free ingredient with porcine proteins in soybeans; and BEEF+, a meat replacement product. It operates in the United States, Europe, and South America. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Luxembourg.