Where Food Comes From (WFCF) Competitors

Where Food Comes From (NASDAQ:WFCF) and Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Does the media favor WFCF or BLZE?

In the previous week, Backblaze had 6 more articles in the media than Where Food Comes From. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Backblaze and 6 mentions for Where Food Comes From. Where Food Comes From's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Backblaze's score of 0.31 indicating that Where Food Comes From is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Where Food Comes From	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Backblaze	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, WFCF or BLZE?

Where Food Comes From has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Backblaze has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WFCF or BLZE?

18.8% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Backblaze shares are held by institutional investors. 49.2% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Backblaze shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WFCF or BLZE more profitable?

Where Food Comes From has a net margin of 8.68% compared to Backblaze's net margin of -48.62%. Where Food Comes From's return on equity of 20.76% beat Backblaze's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Where Food Comes From	8.68%	20.76%	13.18%
Backblaze	-48.62%	-105.67%	-38.46%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WFCF or BLZE?

Where Food Comes From has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Backblaze. Backblaze is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Where Food Comes From, 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
Where Food Comes From	$25.14M	2.62	$2.15M	$0.39	31.41
Backblaze	$102.02M	2.72	-$59.71M	-$1.42	-4.71

Do analysts rate WFCF or BLZE?

Backblaze has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 109.27%. Given Backblaze's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Backblaze is more favorable than Where Food Comes From.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Where Food Comes From	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Backblaze	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WFCF or BLZE?

Where Food Comes From received 83 more outperform votes than Backblaze when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Where Food Comes From an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Backblaze an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Where Food Comes From	Outperform Votes 106 64.63%	Underperform Votes 58 35.37%
Backblaze	Outperform Votes 23 57.50%	Underperform Votes 17 42.50%

Summary

Where Food Comes From beats Backblaze on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.