Coffee (JVA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JVA or BRID?

Coffee received 32 more outperform votes than Bridgford Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.33% of users gave Bridgford Foods an outperform vote while only 44.32% of users gave Coffee an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coffee	Outperform Votes 156 44.32%	Underperform Votes 196 55.68%
Bridgford Foods	Outperform Votes 124 59.33%	Underperform Votes 85 40.67%

Which has more risk and volatility, JVA or BRID?

Coffee has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.67, meaning that its stock price is 167% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JVA or BRID?

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Coffee shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by 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.

Is JVA or BRID more profitable?

Coffee has a net margin of 2.82% compared to Bridgford Foods' net margin of -1.51%. Coffee's return on equity of 8.97% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coffee	2.82%	8.97%	6.36%
Bridgford Foods	-1.51%	-2.63%	-2.07%

Which has better valuation & earnings, JVA or BRID?

Coffee has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Coffee	$78.56M	0.42	$2.22M	$0.39	14.92
Bridgford Foods	$223.65M	0.41	-$3.38M	-$0.37	-27.27

Does the media refer more to JVA or BRID?

In the previous week, Bridgford Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Coffee. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgford Foods and 0 mentions for Coffee. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Coffee's score of 0.00 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coffee	Neutral
Bridgford Foods	Very Positive

Summary

Coffee beats Bridgford Foods on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.