BRFS vs. SMPL, IPAR, SAM, NWL, WDFC, FIZZ, NOMD, NTCOY, JJSF, and OLLI
Should you be buying BRF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRF include Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Boston Beer (SAM), Newell Brands (NWL), WD-40 (WDFC), National Beverage (FIZZ), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Natura &Co (NTCOY), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Simply Good Foods (NASDAQ:SMPL) and BRF (NYSE:BRFS) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
Simply Good Foods has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRF has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BRF received 19 more outperform votes than Simply Good Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.02% of users gave Simply Good Foods an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave BRF an outperform vote.
Simply Good Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BRF. BRF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simply Good Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.5% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.8% of BRF shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Simply Good Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BRF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Simply Good Foods has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Simply Good Foods' net margin of -2.29%. BRF's return on equity of 10.12% beat Simply Good Foods' return on equity.
Simply Good Foods presently has a consensus price target of $40.29, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. BRF has a consensus price target of $3.55, indicating a potential upside of 6.61%. Given BRF's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Simply Good Foods is more favorable than BRF.
In the previous week, Simply Good Foods had 15 more articles in the media than BRF. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Simply Good Foods and 2 mentions for BRF. BRF's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Simply Good Foods' score of -0.33 indicating that Simply Good Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Simply Good Foods beats BRF on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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