SFM vs. ACI, ASAI, TBBB, GO, IMKTA, ARKO, NGVC, VLGEA, MSS, and WMK
Should you be buying Sprouts Farmers Market stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprouts Farmers Market include Albertsons Companies (ACI), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), BBB Foods (TBBB), Grocery Outlet (GO), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Arko (ARKO), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Maison Solutions (MSS), and Weis Markets (WMK). These companies are all part of the "grocery stores" industry.
Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.64%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 68.02% beat Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity.
Sprouts Farmers Market received 599 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 46.83% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sprouts Farmers Market had 1 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market and 5 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 1.10 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sprouts Farmers Market currently has a consensus price target of $57.25, suggesting a potential downside of 27.51%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus price target of $24.45, suggesting a potential upside of 18.46%. Given Albertsons Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Albertsons Companies is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprouts Farmers Market, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sprouts Farmers Market and Albertsons Companies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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