Financial Survey: Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) vs. Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF)

Sino Agro Food (OTCMKTS:SIAF) and Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

81.5% of Corteva shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Sino Agro Food shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Corteva shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Sino Agro Food and Corteva, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sino Agro Food	0	0	0	0	0.00
Corteva	0	6	16	0	2.73

Corteva has a consensus price target of $78.21, suggesting a potential upside of 17.28%. Given Corteva’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corteva is more favorable than Sino Agro Food.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sino Agro Food and Corteva”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corteva	$16.91 billion	2.67	$907.00 million	$2.34	28.50

Corteva has higher revenue and earnings than Sino Agro Food.

Profitability

This table compares Sino Agro Food and Corteva’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sino Agro Food	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corteva	9.19%	9.37%	5.62%

Summary

Corteva beats Sino Agro Food on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sino Agro Food

Sino Agro Food, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the agriculture and aquaculture business. It operates through the following segments: Fishery Development; Hylocereus Undatus Plantation; Organic Fertilizer and Bread Grass; Cattle Farm Development; and Corporate and Others. Its products include fish, eels, prawns, beef, and mutton. The company was founded by Yip Kun Lee on October 1, 1974 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

About Corteva

Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. It operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics. This segment also provides digital solutions that assist farmer decision-making with a view to optimize product selection, and maximize yield and profitability. The Crop Protection segment offers products that protect against weeds, insects and other pests, and diseases, as well as enhances crop health above and below ground through nitrogen management and seed-applied technologies. This segment provides herbicides, insecticides, nitrogen stabilizers, and pasture and range management herbicides. It serves agricultural input industry. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Corteva, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.