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.
Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Sprouts Farmers Market's net margin of 1.64%. Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity of 68.02% beat Albertsons Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Sprouts Farmers Market had 11 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market and 5 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 0.82 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Albertsons Companies presently has a consensus target price of $24.45, suggesting a potential upside of 20.09%. Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus target price of $57.25, suggesting a potential downside of 27.68%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Albertsons Companies is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.
Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Albertsons Companies beats Sprouts Farmers Market on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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