BRFS vs. IPAR, SMPL, NWL, NTCOY, SAM, OLLI, FIZZ, WDFC, JJSF, and NOMD
Should you be buying BRF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRF include Inter Parfums (IPAR), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Newell Brands (NWL), Natura &Co (NTCOY), Boston Beer (SAM), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), National Beverage (FIZZ), WD-40 (WDFC), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), and Nomad Foods (NOMD). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
BRF (NYSE:BRFS) and Inter Parfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
4.8% of BRF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BRF shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Inter Parfums shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BRF has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inter Parfums has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Inter Parfums has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRF. Inter Parfums is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BRF, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Inter Parfums has a net margin of 10.50% compared to BRF's net margin of 0.81%. Inter Parfums' return on equity of 15.85% beat BRF's return on equity.
Inter Parfums received 125 more outperform votes than BRF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.41% of users gave Inter Parfums an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave BRF an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BRF had 1 more articles in the media than Inter Parfums. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BRF and 7 mentions for Inter Parfums. BRF's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Inter Parfums' score of 0.16 indicating that BRF is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BRF currently has a consensus target price of $3.80, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Inter Parfums has a consensus target price of $178.67, suggesting a potential upside of 43.51%. Given Inter Parfums' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Inter Parfums is more favorable than BRF.
Summary
Inter Parfums beats BRF on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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