Coffee (JVA) Competitors

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and Coffee (NASDAQ:JVA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, BRID or JVA?

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coffee has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BRID or JVA?

Coffee has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coffee, 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	$223.65M	0.31	-$3.38M	-$0.80	-9.59
Coffee	$78.56M	0.31	$2.22M	$0.64	6.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BRID or JVA?

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Coffee shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BRID or JVA?

In the previous week, Coffee had 9 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Coffee and 2 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Coffee's score of 0.76 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coffee	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BRID or JVA more profitable?

Coffee has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Bridgford Foods' net margin of -3.19%. Coffee's return on equity of 13.87% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	-3.19%	-5.81%	-4.72%
Coffee	4.35%	13.87%	10.11%

Summary

Coffee beats Bridgford Foods on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.