Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ORIS) versus Local Bounti (NYSE:LOCL) Critical Review

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.0% of Local Bounti shares are held by institutional investors. 38.1% of Local Bounti shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Local Bounti and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Local Bounti	-427.08%	-1,095.76%	-35.86%
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Local Bounti and Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Local Bounti	$27.56 million	0.67	-$124.01 million	($18.00)	-0.12
Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares	$24.12 million	1.36	$11.50 million	N/A	N/A

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Local Bounti.

Summary

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares beats Local Bounti on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Local Bounti

Local Bounti Corporation grows and packs fresh greens in the United States. It produces lettuce, herbs, and loose-leaf lettuce. The company sells its products to food retailers and food service distributors. Local Bounti Corporation was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Montana.

About Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares

Oriental Rise Holdings Limited engages in planting, cultivating, processing, and selling processed tea in Mainland China. It offers processed white tea, black tea, and refined tea products to wholesale distributors and end-user retail customers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Ningde, China.