Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) Competitors

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) and Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RUSHB or SFM?

Sprouts Farmers Market received 565 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%
Sprouts Farmers Market	Outperform Votes 675 61.36%	Underperform Votes 425 38.64%

Is RUSHB or SFM more profitable?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.73% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.90%. Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity of 28.24% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Enterprises	3.90%	14.76%	6.61%
Sprouts Farmers Market	4.73%	28.24%	10.18%

Do analysts rate RUSHB or SFM?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus target price of $152.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sprouts Farmers Market is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sprouts Farmers Market	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Does the media refer more to RUSHB or SFM?

In the previous week, Sprouts Farmers Market had 36 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market and 5 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.67 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rush Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprouts Farmers Market	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RUSHB or SFM?

18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, RUSHB or SFM?

Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RUSHB or SFM?

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. Rush Enterprises 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rush Enterprises	$7.80B	0.53	$347.05M	$3.73	14.03
Sprouts Farmers Market	$6.84B	2.10	$258.86M	$3.46	41.42

Summary

Sprouts Farmers Market beats Rush Enterprises on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.