Financial Analysis: BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) vs. BZAM (OTCMKTS:BZAMF)

BB Seguridade Participações (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) and BZAM (OTCMKTS:BZAMF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

BB Seguridade Participações has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BZAM has a beta of 5.05, indicating that its share price is 405% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BB Seguridade Participações shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of BZAM shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of BZAM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for BB Seguridade Participações and BZAM, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BB Seguridade Participações	0	0	0	1	4.00
BZAM	0	0	0	0	0.00

Given BZAM’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BZAM is more favorable than BB Seguridade Participações.

Profitability

This table compares BB Seguridade Participações and BZAM’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BB Seguridade Participações	84.97%	76.95%	45.67%
BZAM	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BB Seguridade Participações and BZAM”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BB Seguridade Participações	$1.81 billion	7.71	$1.59 billion	$0.84	8.32
BZAM	$37.96 million	0.00	-$27.31 million	N/A	N/A

BB Seguridade Participações has higher revenue and earnings than BZAM.

Summary

BB Seguridade Participações beats BZAM on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BB Seguridade Participações

BB Seguridade Participações S.A., through its subsidiaries operates in the insurance, pension plans, and bonds, businesses in Brazil. The company operates through Security and Brokerage segments. The Security segment offers life, property, rural, special risks and financial, transport, hulls, and housing people insurance products. It also offers pension plans, dental, and capitalization plans. The Brokerage segment engages in the brokerage, management, and promotion of pension plans, capitalization, capitalization, and dental plans. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brasilia, Brazil. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Banco do Brasil S.A.

About BZAM

BZAM Ltd. operates as a cannabis producer with a focus on branded consumer goods. Its brands include the BZAM, TGOD, ness, Highly Dutch Organic, and TABLE TOP, as well as Dunn Cannabis, FRESH, and Wyld partner brands. The company operate facilities in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as retail stores in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Regina, Saskatchewan. The company was formerly known as The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. and changed its name to BZAM Ltd. in February 2023. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.