SFM vs. AN, LAD, MNSO, DDS, BECN, ANF, W, NSIT, GPS, and GLBE
Should you be buying Sprouts Farmers Market stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprouts Farmers Market include AutoNation (AN), Lithia Motors (LAD), MINISO Group (MNSO), Dillard's (DDS), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Wayfair (W), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), GAP (GPS), and Global-E Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) and AutoNation (NYSE:AN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, AutoNation had 14 more articles in the media than Sprouts Farmers Market. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for AutoNation and 12 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat AutoNation's score of 0.65 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.6% of AutoNation shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of AutoNation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AutoNation has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AutoNation has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. AutoNation 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.
Sprouts Farmers Market received 284 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.13% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.
Sprouts Farmers Market currently has a consensus price target of $51.14, suggesting a potential downside of 22.59%. AutoNation has a consensus price target of $175.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.51%. Given AutoNation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AutoNation is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.
Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 3.79% compared to AutoNation's net margin of 3.41%. AutoNation's return on equity of 42.44% beat Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity.
Summary
AutoNation beats Sprouts Farmers Market on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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