Reviewing Moolec Science (MLEC) and Its Peers

Moolec Science (NASDAQ:MLEC) is one of 671 public companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Moolec Science to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moolec Science	$5.63 million	-$7.31 million	-4.16
Moolec Science Competitors	$1.06 billion	$87.25 million	66.05

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Moolec Science shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Moolec Science shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Moolec Science has a beta of -0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 154% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moolec Science’s competitors have a beta of 0.02, suggesting that their average stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Moolec Science and its competitors’ 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	14.76%	-42.62%	2.05%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Moolec Science and its competitors, as provided 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	727	943	19	2.47

Moolec Science presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 622.02%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 31.76%. Given Moolec Science’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Moolec Science is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

Moolec Science competitors beat Moolec Science on 10 of the 13 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.