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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is TSCO or BGFV more profitable?

Tractor Supply has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Big 5 Sporting Goods' net margin of -7.04%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 49.01% beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tractor Supply	7.40%	49.01%	11.32%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-7.04%	-15.34%	-5.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply received 707 more outperform votes than Big 5 Sporting Goods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.73% 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 1041 69.73%	Underperform Votes 452 30.27%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Outperform Votes 334 61.85%	Underperform Votes 206 38.15%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$14.88B	2.07	$1.10B	$2.04	28.30
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$884.74M	0.04	-$7.08M	-$2.61	-0.58

Does the media favor TSCO or BGFV?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 24 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Tractor Supply and 1 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' score of 0.41 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tractor Supply	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply currently has a consensus price target of $59.22, suggesting a potential upside of 2.56%. 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	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.