FARM vs. FOSL, LGCB, TGL, LVLU, ARKR, LL, FAT, RENT, BGFV, and CONN
Should you be buying Farmer Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Bros. include Fossil Group (FOSL), Linkage Global (LGCB), Treasure Global (TGL), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), LL Flooring (LL), FAT Brands (FAT), Rent the Runway (RENT), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and Conn's (CONN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) and Fossil Group (NASDAQ:FOSL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
Fossil Group has a net margin of -10.44% compared to Farmer Bros.'s net margin of -13.46%. Fossil Group's return on equity of -37.15% beat Farmer Bros.'s return on equity.
Fossil Group received 248 more outperform votes than Farmer Bros. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.60% of users gave Farmer Bros. an outperform vote while only 54.01% of users gave Fossil Group an outperform vote.
Farmer Bros. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fossil Group. Farmer Bros. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fossil Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.5% of Farmer Bros. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Fossil Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmer Bros. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Fossil Group 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.
Farmer Bros. has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fossil Group has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Farmer Bros. had 3 more articles in the media than Fossil Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Farmer Bros. and 4 mentions for Fossil Group. Fossil Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Farmer Bros.'s score of 0.03 indicating that Fossil Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Fossil Group beats Farmer Bros. on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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