FCFS vs. SFM, BURL, CHWY, BJ, ACI, FND, MUSA, GAP, BBWI, and VIPS
Should you be buying FirstCash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstCash include Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), GAP (GAP), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), and Vipshop (VIPS). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
FirstCash vs.
Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
FirstCash has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Sprouts Farmers Market's net margin of 4.73%. Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity of 28.24% beat FirstCash's return on equity.
Sprouts Farmers Market received 656 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.
Sprouts Farmers Market has higher revenue and earnings than FirstCash. FirstCash 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.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sprouts Farmers Market had 36 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market and 4 mentions for FirstCash. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Sprouts Farmers Market's score of 0.84 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sprouts Farmers Market currently has a consensus target price of $152.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. FirstCash has a consensus target price of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.39%. Given FirstCash's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstCash is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.
80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sprouts Farmers Market beats FirstCash on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FCFS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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