FARM vs. FI, HAIN, MDLZ, HSY, K, GIS, TSN, MKC, HRL, and SJM
Should you be buying Farmer Brothers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Brothers include Fiserv (FI), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), and J. M. Smucker (SJM).
Farmer Brothers vs. Its Competitors
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Farmer Brothers (NASDAQ:FARM) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Fiserv has higher revenue and earnings than Farmer Brothers. Farmer Brothers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmer Brothers has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv currently has a consensus price target of $207.36, suggesting a potential upside of 54.25%. Farmer Brothers has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.26%. Given Farmer Brothers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Farmer Brothers is more favorable than Fiserv.
Fiserv has a net margin of 16.00% compared to Farmer Brothers' net margin of -4.20%. Fiserv's return on equity of 19.69% beat Farmer Brothers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 49 more articles in the media than Farmer Brothers. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Fiserv and 14 mentions for Farmer Brothers. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Farmer Brothers' score of 0.32 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Farmer Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Fiserv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Farmer Brothers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fiserv beats Farmer Brothers on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FARM) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff