Coffee (JVA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer JVA or BRID?

In the previous week, Coffee had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coffee and 3 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Coffee's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Bridgford Foods' score of -0.13 indicating that Coffee is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, JVA or BRID?

Coffee has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.76, indicating that its share price is 176% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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 44.19% of users gave Coffee an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coffee	Outperform Votes 156 44.19%	Underperform Votes 197 55.81%
Bridgford Foods	Outperform Votes 124 59.33%	Underperform Votes 85 40.67%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	0.28	$2.22M	$0.53	7.28
Bridgford Foods	$221.35M	0.38	-$3.38M	-$0.63	-14.73

Summary

Coffee beats Bridgford Foods on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.