Head to Head Analysis: Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) and Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS)

Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) and Scheid Vineyards (OTCMKTS:SVIN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Cibus and Scheid Vineyards, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cibus	1	0	2	0	2.33
Scheid Vineyards	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cibus currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 885.22%. Given Cibus’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cibus is more favorable than Scheid Vineyards.

Volatility and Risk

Cibus has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scheid Vineyards has a beta of -0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. 49.4% of Cibus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Scheid Vineyards shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Cibus and Scheid Vineyards’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cibus	-3,133.92%	-133.90%	-28.78%
Scheid Vineyards	-45.56%	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cibus and Scheid Vineyards”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cibus	$4.26 million	25.87	-$251.39 million	($3.26)	-0.62
Scheid Vineyards	$58.41 million	N/A	-$17.80 million	($27.83)	-0.06

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

Summary

Cibus beats Scheid Vineyards on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cibus

Cibus, Inc., a agricultural biotechnology company, develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies for royalties. The company primarily focus on trait productivity in two areas, including productivity traits that enable farmers to have higher yields and reduce the use of the crop protection chemicals and fertilizers; and sustainable ingredients that enable corporations to replace ingredients that are fossil fuel based or whose production results in increased greenhouse gases. Cibus, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.

About Scheid Vineyards

Scheid Vineyards Inc. manufactures and sells wine in the United States. The company operates vineyards in Monterey and San Benito counties of California. It offers red, white, reserve, dessert wines, as well as accessories, such as wine glass. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is based in Salinas, California.