Wayfair (W) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SFM or W?

Sprouts Farmers Market has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wayfair. Wayfair 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
Sprouts Farmers Market	$6.84B	2.57	$258.86M	$3.46	50.86
Wayfair	$12.00B	0.48	-$738M	-$4.49	-10.31

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SFM or W?

89.7% of Wayfair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.8% of Wayfair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SFM or W?

Wayfair received 148 more outperform votes than Sprouts Farmers Market when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.46% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprouts Farmers Market	Outperform Votes 673 61.46%	Underperform Votes 422 38.54%
Wayfair	Outperform Votes 821 61.41%	Underperform Votes 516 38.59%

Is SFM or W more profitable?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.73% compared to Wayfair's net margin of -4.54%. Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity of 28.24% beat Wayfair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprouts Farmers Market	4.73%	28.24%	10.18%
Wayfair	-4.54%	N/A	-12.86%

Do analysts prefer SFM or W?

Sprouts Farmers Market currently has a consensus target price of $134.50, suggesting a potential downside of 23.57%. Wayfair has a consensus target price of $60.24, suggesting a potential upside of 30.18%. Given Wayfair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wayfair 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Wayfair	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has more volatility & risk, SFM or W?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wayfair has a beta of 3.43, suggesting that its stock price is 243% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SFM or W?

In the previous week, Wayfair had 19 more articles in the media than Sprouts Farmers Market. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Wayfair and 16 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Wayfair's score of 0.56 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprouts Farmers Market	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wayfair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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