Maison Solutions (MSS) & Its Rivals Head to Head Review

Maison Solutions (NASDAQ:MSS) is one of 64 publicly-traded companies in the “Grocery stores” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Maison Solutions to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Maison Solutions and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maison Solutions	0	0	0	0	N/A
Maison Solutions Competitors	1086	2841	3063	134	2.32

As a group, “Grocery stores” companies have a potential downside of 4.25%. Given Maison Solutions’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maison Solutions has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maison Solutions and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maison Solutions	$73.94 million	-$3.34 million	-8.00
Maison Solutions Competitors	$32.17 billion	$539.07 million	148.36

Maison Solutions’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Maison Solutions. Maison Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.4% of Maison Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of shares of all “Grocery stores” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of shares of all “Grocery stores” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Maison Solutions and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maison Solutions	-3.43%	-22.40%	-4.04%
Maison Solutions Competitors	1.19%	11.20%	4.14%

Summary

Maison Solutions peers beat Maison Solutions on 9 of the 9 factors compared.

About Maison Solutions

Maison Solutions Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as the specialty grocery retailer in California. The company offers perishable products, such as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit; non-perishable products, including grocery products comprising cooking utensils, canned foods, Chinese and Asian seasonings and spices, and snacks, as well as liquor, cigarette, lottery, newspaper, reusable bag, non-food, and health products, and general merchandise, beauty care, pharmacy, fuel, and other items and services in its stores. It also offers its products online. The company was formerly known as Maison International, Inc. and changed its name to Maison Solutions Inc. in September 2021. Maison Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Monterey Park, California.