Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) Competitors

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Which has more volatility & risk, SFM or ACI?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SFM or ACI?

Sprouts Farmers Market presently has a consensus target price of $57.25, suggesting a potential downside of 25.70%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus target price of $24.45, suggesting a potential upside of 21.82%. Given Albertsons Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Albertsons Companies is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprouts Farmers Market	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Albertsons Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SFM or ACI?

Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. Albertsons Companies 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprouts Farmers Market	$6.84B	1.13	$258.86M	$2.90	26.57
Albertsons Companies	$79.24B	0.15	$1.30B	$2.23	9.04

Does the media refer more to SFM or ACI?

In the previous week, Sprouts Farmers Market and Sprouts Farmers Market both had 8 articles in the media. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 1.16 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprouts Farmers Market	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albertsons Companies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SFM or ACI?

71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SFM or ACI?

Sprouts Farmers Market received 599 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 46.83% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprouts Farmers Market	Outperform Votes 658 61.90%	Underperform Votes 405 38.10%
Albertsons Companies	Outperform Votes 59 46.83%	Underperform Votes 67 53.17%

Is SFM or ACI more profitable?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.64%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 68.02% beat Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprouts Farmers Market	4.25%	26.77%	9.16%
Albertsons Companies	1.64%	68.02%	6.16%

Summary

Sprouts Farmers Market beats Albertsons Companies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.