Bridgford Foods (BRID) Competitors

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and Mama's Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BRID or MAMA?

Mama's Creations has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mama's Creations, 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
Bridgford Foods	$251.64M	N/A	$3.47M	-$0.11	-81.08
Mama's Creations	$103.28M	2.61	$6.56M	$0.13	55.12

Is BRID or MAMA more profitable?

Mama's Creations has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Bridgford Foods' net margin of -0.44%. Mama's Creations' return on equity of 25.53% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	-0.44%	-0.79%	-0.62%
Mama's Creations	4.51%	25.53%	11.52%

Which has more volatility & risk, BRID or MAMA?

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.63, meaning that its share price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama's Creations has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRID or MAMA?

Bridgford Foods received 113 more outperform votes than Mama's Creations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Mama's Creations an outperform vote while only 59.33% of users gave Bridgford Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgford Foods	Outperform Votes 124 59.33%	Underperform Votes 85 40.67%
Mama's Creations	Outperform Votes 11 84.62%	Underperform Votes 2 15.38%

Does the media favor BRID or MAMA?

In the previous week, Mama's Creations had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mama's Creations and 2 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Mama's Creations' score of 0.98 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgford Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mama's Creations	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BRID or MAMA?

Mama's Creations has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.57%. Given Mama's Creations' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mama's Creations is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgford Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Mama's Creations	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BRID or MAMA?

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Mama's Creations shares are owned by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Mama's Creations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mama's Creations beats Bridgford Foods on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.