FARM vs. NDLS, LGCB, BGFV, THCH, LVLU, TGL, ARKR, LL, PETS, and FOSL
Should you be buying Farmer Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Bros. include Noodles & Company (NDLS), Linkage Global (LGCB), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), TH International (THCH), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), Treasure Global (TGL), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), LL Flooring (LL), PetMed Express (PETS), and Fossil Group (FOSL). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Noodles & Company received 6 more outperform votes than Farmer Bros. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.67% of users gave Farmer Bros. an outperform vote while only 56.74% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.
Noodles & Company has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 257.14%. Given Noodles & Company's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than Farmer Bros..
In the previous week, Farmer Bros. had 3 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Farmer Bros. and 3 mentions for Noodles & Company. Farmer Bros.'s average media sentiment score of -0.19 beat Noodles & Company's score of -0.44 indicating that Farmer Bros. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Farmer Bros. has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.5% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Noodles & Company shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Noodles & Company has a net margin of -1.96% compared to Farmer Bros.'s net margin of -14.91%. Noodles & Company's return on equity of -13.20% beat Farmer Bros.'s return on equity.
Noodles & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Farmer Bros.. Noodles & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Farmer Bros., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Noodles & Company beats Farmer Bros. on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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