Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) Competitors

GAP (NYSE:GPS) and Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPS or SFM?

GAP received 527 more outperform votes than Sprouts Farmers Market when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.90% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 52.04% of users gave GAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAP	Outperform Votes 1185 52.04%	Underperform Votes 1092 47.96%
Sprouts Farmers Market	Outperform Votes 658 61.90%	Underperform Votes 405 38.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, GPS or SFM?

GAP has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GPS or SFM?

GAP presently has a consensus target price of $21.15, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus target price of $57.25, indicating a potential downside of 27.48%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GAP is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAP	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Sprouts Farmers Market	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor GPS or SFM?

In the previous week, GAP had 16 more articles in the media than Sprouts Farmers Market. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for GAP and 18 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market. GAP's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Sprouts Farmers Market's score of 0.27 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sprouts Farmers Market	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GPS or SFM?

GAP has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. GAP 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
GAP	$14.89B	0.51	$502M	$1.34	15.18
Sprouts Farmers Market	$6.99B	1.14	$258.86M	$2.90	27.22

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GPS or SFM?

58.8% of GAP shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.0% of GAP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GPS or SFM more profitable?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Sprouts Farmers Market's net margin of 3.37%. GAP's return on equity of 26.77% beat Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAP	3.37%	22.56%	4.89%
Sprouts Farmers Market	4.25%	26.77%	9.16%

Summary

GAP beats Sprouts Farmers Market on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.