Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) Competitors

Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tractor Supply	$14.56B	2.02	$1.11B	$10.28	26.77
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$810.20M	0.07	-$7.08M	-$2.61	-0.89

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply received 701 more outperform votes than Big 5 Sporting Goods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.74% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Big 5 Sporting Goods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tractor Supply	Outperform Votes 1035 69.74%	Underperform Votes 449 30.26%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Outperform Votes 334 61.85%	Underperform Votes 206 38.15%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TSCO or BGFV?

98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply presently has a consensus target price of $289.90, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Big 5 Sporting Goods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tractor Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TSCO or BGFV a better dividend stock?

Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Big 5 Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Big 5 Sporting Goods pays out -7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Tractor Supply has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Big 5 Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor TSCO or BGFV?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 7 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tractor Supply and 3 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.37 indicating that Big 5 Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tractor Supply	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TSCO or BGFV more profitable?

Tractor Supply has a net margin of 7.53% compared to Big 5 Sporting Goods' net margin of -7.04%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 50.19% beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tractor Supply	7.53%	50.19%	11.62%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-7.04%	-15.34%	-5.36%

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.