Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) vs. Sadot Group (NASDAQ:SDOT) Financial Review

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

13.3% of Sadot Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Kenvue shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Sadot Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Kenvue shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Sadot Group and Kenvue, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sadot Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Kenvue	1	9	5	1	2.38

Kenvue has a consensus price target of $22.46, suggesting a potential upside of 42.22%. Given Kenvue’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kenvue is more favorable than Sadot Group.

Risk and Volatility

Sadot Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenvue has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sadot Group	$700.94 million	0.01	$3.99 million	$0.23	26.78
Kenvue	$15.46 billion	1.96	$1.03 billion	$0.74	21.34

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sadot Group	0.48%	-1.18%	-0.29%
Kenvue	9.37%	20.06%	7.78%

Summary

Kenvue beats Sadot Group on 13 of the 15 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 Kenvue

Kenvue Inc. operates as a consumer health company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Self Care, Skin Health and Beauty, and Essential Health. The Self Care segment offers cough, cold and allergy, pain care, digestive health, smoking cessation, eye care, and other products under the Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Nicorette, Zarbee's, ORSLTM, Rhinocort, Calpol, and Zyrtec brands. The Skin Health and Beauty segment provides face and body care, hair, sun, and other care products under the Neutrogena, Aveeno, Dr.Ci:Labo, Le Petit Marseillais, Lubriderm, Rogaine, and OGX brand names. The Essential Health segment offers oral and baby, women's health, wound, and other care products under the Listerine, Johnson's, Band-Aid, and Stayfree, o.b., tampons, Carefree, and Desitin Diaper Rash brands. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Skillman, New Jersey.