Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) Competitors

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) and Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SFM or CPNG?

83.7% of Coupang shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Coupang shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend SFM or CPNG?

Sprouts Farmers Market presently has a consensus target price of $162.92, suggesting a potential upside of 12.12%. Coupang has a consensus target price of $29.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given Coupang's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coupang is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprouts Farmers Market	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Coupang	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SFM or CPNG?

Sprouts Farmers Market received 641 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 50.68% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprouts Farmers Market	Outperform Votes 678 61.36%	Underperform Votes 427 38.64%
Coupang	Outperform Votes 37 50.68%	Underperform Votes 36 49.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, SFM or CPNG?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coupang has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SFM or CPNG?

Coupang has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. Sprouts Farmers Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coupang, 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
Sprouts Farmers Market	$7.72B	1.85	$258.86M	$3.76	38.64
Coupang	$30.27B	1.41	$1.36B	$0.08	294.81

Does the media refer more to SFM or CPNG?

In the previous week, Sprouts Farmers Market had 35 more articles in the media than Coupang. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market and 26 mentions for Coupang. Coupang's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Sprouts Farmers Market's score of 0.74 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprouts Farmers Market	40 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coupang	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SFM or CPNG more profitable?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Coupang's net margin of 3.57%. Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity of 29.86% beat Coupang's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprouts Farmers Market	4.93%	29.86%	10.91%
Coupang	3.57%	11.52%	3.12%

Summary

Coupang beats Sprouts Farmers Market on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.