Head-To-Head Contrast: N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) versus Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS)

Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) and N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of N2OFF shares are held by institutional investors. 49.4% of Cibus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of N2OFF shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Cibus and N2OFF, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cibus	0	0	3	1	3.25
N2OFF	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cibus currently has a consensus target price of $22.83, suggesting a potential upside of 332.86%. Given Cibus’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cibus is more favorable than N2OFF.

Volatility and Risk

Cibus has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Cibus and N2OFF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cibus	-9,856.84%	-29.05%	-15.63%
N2OFF	N/A	-100.78%	-87.04%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cibus and N2OFF”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cibus	$1.82 million	66.92	-$267.64 million	($16.44)	-0.32
N2OFF	$260,000.00	3.74	-$6.52 million	N/A	N/A

N2OFF has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cibus.

Summary

Cibus beats N2OFF on 10 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 N2OFF

N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.