Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI) Competitors

Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts rate ASAI or FCFS?

Sendas Distribuidora presently has a consensus price target of $9.80, suggesting a potential upside of 109.40%. FirstCash has a consensus price target of $135.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.98%. Given Sendas Distribuidora's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sendas Distribuidora is more favorable than FirstCash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sendas Distribuidora	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
FirstCash	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ASAI or FCFS?

FirstCash has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sendas Distribuidora. Sendas Distribuidora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstCash, 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
Sendas Distribuidora	$72.08B	0.02	$142.21M	$0.46	10.17
FirstCash	$3.15B	1.59	$219.30M	$5.40	20.77

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASAI or FCFS?

FirstCash received 6 more outperform votes than Sendas Distribuidora when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.44% of users gave Sendas Distribuidora an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sendas Distribuidora	Outperform Votes 12 44.44%	Underperform Votes 15 55.56%
FirstCash	Outperform Votes 18 40.91%	Underperform Votes 26 59.09%

Does the media favor ASAI or FCFS?

In the previous week, FirstCash had 1 more articles in the media than Sendas Distribuidora. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FirstCash and 1 mentions for Sendas Distribuidora. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Sendas Distribuidora's score of 0.33 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sendas Distribuidora	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FirstCash	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ASAI or FCFS?

8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ASAI or FCFS a better dividend stock?

Sendas Distribuidora pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Sendas Distribuidora pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstCash pays out 28.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is ASAI or FCFS more profitable?

FirstCash has a net margin of 7.29% compared to Sendas Distribuidora's net margin of 0.89%. FirstCash's return on equity of 14.97% beat Sendas Distribuidora's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sendas Distribuidora	0.89%	13.38%	1.48%
FirstCash	7.29%	14.97%	6.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, ASAI or FCFS?

Sendas Distribuidora has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FirstCash beats Sendas Distribuidora on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.