COOT vs PYYX vs ANDE Stock Comparison

Australian Oilseeds Holdings, Pyxus International and Andersons Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PYYX Pyxus International, Inc.
$2.53 -21.2% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$62.26M
P/E
2.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.34B
Div. yield
–
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
3 wins
ANDE Andersons, Inc.
$64.00 -4.4% 1M +36.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.17B
P/E
12.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.94B
Div. yield
0.01%
Agricultural Products Consumer Staples
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Andersons leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Andersons 7, Pyxus International 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOOTPYYXANDELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.74M $62.26M $2.17B ANDE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 2.9x 12.2x PYYX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 12.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -0.6% -5.2% PYYX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 1.0% 1.6% ANDE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 2.0% 7.4% ANDE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.9x 2.4x ANDE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -78.9% +1.2% +36.8% ANDE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -48.8%/yr +4.5%/yr +13.6%/yr ANDE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 91.8% 99.8% 35.3% ANDE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 59/100 58/100 PYYX

Percentile Scorecard

COOTPYYXANDE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOOTPYYXANDE
Valuation – 73 #10 of 34 70 #11 of 34
Growth – 100 #1 of 31 53 #15 of 31
Profitability – 54 #14 of 29 64 #11 of 29
Financial Health 6 #34 of 36 11 #32 of 36 46 #20 of 36
Shareholder Returns – – 58 #11 of 25
Overall – 59 58
  • COOT ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • PYYX ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • ANDE ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOOTPYYXANDESPY
1 month -25.0%-21.2%-4.4% -0.2%
3 months -2.7%-27.5%-12.6% +3.9%
6 months -41.9%-14.2%-16.4% +8.2%
Year to date -30.1%-28.1%+20.4% +12.9%
1 year -78.9%+1.2%+36.8% +12.3%
3 years -96.9%+110.8%+29.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -68.5%+28.2%+9.1% +23.3%
5 years -96.5%+24.6%+89.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year -48.8%+4.5%+13.6% +10.9%
10 years ——+69.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+5.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCOOTPYYXANDESPY
Volatility, 1Y 91.8%99.8%35.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 95.8%120.6%37.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.63-0.29-0.11 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.860.011.04 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.0%-96.0%-49.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -79.5%-36.8%-20.9% -1.2%
52-week high $1.76$4.00$80.87 $779.14
52-week low $0.36$2.11$46.31 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOOTPYYXANDE
P/E now vs peer median —median 14.8x 2.9xmedian 14.8x 12.3xmedian 14.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 0.5x 0.0xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.1x 6.2xmedian 9.1x 8.6xmedian 9.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.0x -0.7xmedian 15.0x 38.2xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x 1.6xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.28 0.07median 1.28 0.45median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOOTPYYXANDE
Revenue – $2.34B $10.94B
Gross profit – $343.47M $786.68M
Operating income – $157.37M –
Net income – $23.64M $186.91M
Free cash flow – -$94.83M $56.91M
EPS (diluted) – $0.89 $5.17
Cash & equivalents $756.64K $175.91M $66.55M
Total debt $38.38M $5.71B $900.77M
Shares (diluted) 23.64M 26.06M 34.27M
Enterprise value $3.05M -$470.20M $1.85B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOOTPYYXANDE
P/E – 2.9x 12.3x
P/FCF – -0.7x 38.2x
P/Operating cash flow – -0.9x 6.8x
P/S – 0.0x 0.2x
P/B 3.4x 0.4x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 0.4x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 6.2x 8.6x
EV/EBIT – 7.4x 14.0x
EV/Revenue – 0.5x 0.3x
EV/FCF – -12.3x 52.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – -16.1x 9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.07 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOOTPYYXANDE
Revenue growth (1Y) – -0.6% -5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% -13.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 5.8% 12.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.4% 3.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 17.6% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 8.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) – 657.0% 46.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 44.7% 23.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 529.6% 120.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 43.2% 27.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 71.6% 49.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 26.2% -35.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 66.0% 112.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 21.9% -62.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOOTPYYXANDE
Gross margin – 14.7% 7.2%
EBITDA margin – 8.1% 3.2%
Operating margin – 6.7% –
Pretax margin – 1.0% 2.0%
Net margin – 1.0% 1.6%
FCF margin – -4.0% 0.5%
Operating cash flow margin – -3.1% 2.9%
Return on equity – 13.4% 13.5%
Return on assets – 1.3% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – 2.0% 7.4%
Return on capital employed – 26.5% 9.3%
Asset turnover – 1.3x 3.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -3.1x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOOTPYYXANDE
Debt / assets 52.9% 63.7% 25.9%
Debt / equity 3.9x 7.3x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.9x 2.4x
Debt / FCF – -13.5x 15.8x
Liabilities / assets 86.3% 91.3% 60.9%
Equity / assets 13.7% 8.7% 39.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 0.6x 1.3x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 1.51 4.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOOTPYYXANDE
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – – 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 14.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 47.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 1.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 2.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOOTPYYXANDE
Forward P/E – – 12.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – – $5.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +87.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +25.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $12.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – +11.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOOTPYYXANDE
Held by institutions – – 89.3%
Institutions holding – – 301
Change in shares held, QoQ – – +0.1%
Institutions buying – – 157
Institutions selling – – 93
Buyers to sellers – – 1.69

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COOTPYYXANDE
COOT 1.00 0.05 -0.01
PYYX 0.05 1.00 -0.01
ANDE -0.01 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COOT, PYYX and ANDE?

Andersons (ANDE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) $7.74M, Pyxus International (PYYX) $62.26M, Andersons (ANDE) $2.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, COOT, PYYX and ANDE?

Pyxus International (PYYX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.9x, Andersons (ANDE) 12.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Pyxus International (PYYX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Pyxus International (PYYX) -0.6%, Andersons (ANDE) -5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Andersons (ANDE) has the highest net margin (Pyxus International (PYYX) 1.0%, Andersons (ANDE) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Andersons (ANDE) leads (Pyxus International (PYYX) 2.0%, Andersons (ANDE) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Andersons (ANDE) returned the most: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -78.9%, Pyxus International (PYYX) +1.2%, Andersons (ANDE) +36.8%. Over five years, Andersons (ANDE) compounded fastest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) -48.8%/yr, Pyxus International (PYYX) +4.5%/yr, Andersons (ANDE) +13.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 0.00%, Andersons (ANDE) 0.01%. Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) and Pyxus International (PYYX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Andersons (ANDE) has been the steadiest (Australian Oilseeds Holdings (COOT) 91.8%, Pyxus International (PYYX) 99.8%, Andersons (ANDE) 35.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COOT, PYYX and ANDE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Andersons (ANDE) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.