ARKO vs. GO, EWCZ, BGS, LVRO, NUS, STKL, HAIN, UNFI, TPB, and CRESY
Should you be buying Arko stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arko include Grocery Outlet (GO), European Wax Center (EWCZ), B&G Foods (BGS), Lavoro (LVRO), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), SunOpta (STKL), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), United Natural Foods (UNFI), Turning Point Brands (TPB), and Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) and Arko (NASDAQ:ARKO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Grocery Outlet received 10 more outperform votes than Arko when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 38.89% of users gave Arko an outperform vote while only 32.00% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.
Grocery Outlet has a net margin of 1.60% compared to Grocery Outlet's net margin of 0.39%. Grocery Outlet's return on equity of 13.20% beat Arko's return on equity.
99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Arko shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Arko shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Grocery Outlet currently has a consensus price target of $28.90, indicating a potential upside of 28.62%. Arko has a consensus price target of $7.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.43%. Given Arko's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grocery Outlet is more favorable than Arko.
In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 18 more articles in the media than Arko. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 4 mentions for Arko. Arko's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Grocery Outlet's score of 0.48 indicating that Grocery Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grocery Outlet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Arko. Arko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arko has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Grocery Outlet beats Arko on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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