Analyzing Moolec Science (MLEC) and Its Rivals

Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) is one of 673 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Moolec Science to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Moolec Science shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.3% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Moolec Science shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” 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.

Volatility & Risk

Moolec Science has a beta of -0.54, meaning that its stock price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moolec Science’s peers have a beta of 0.03, meaning that their average stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moolec Science	0	0	1	0	3.00
Moolec Science Competitors	128	730	961	19	2.47

Moolec Science currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 585.71%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 54.43%. Given Moolec Science’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Moolec Science is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Moolec Science and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moolec Science	-129.97%	-97.95%	-27.91%
Moolec Science Competitors	-17.66%	-43.09%	-0.30%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Moolec Science and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moolec Science	$5.62 million	-$7.31 million	-4.38
Moolec Science Competitors	$1.01 billion	$81.23 million	62.36

Moolec Science’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Moolec Science. Moolec Science 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.

Summary

Moolec Science peers beat Moolec Science on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Moolec Science Company Profile

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.