Arko (ARKO) Competitors

Arko (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts rate ARKO or GO?

Arko currently has a consensus price target of $6.58, suggesting a potential upside of 63.97%. Grocery Outlet has a consensus price target of $15.46, suggesting a potential downside of 8.65%. Given Arko's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Arko is more favorable than Grocery Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arko	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Grocery Outlet	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ARKO or GO?

78.3% of Arko shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Arko shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARKO or GO?

Arko has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARKO or GO more profitable?

Grocery Outlet has a net margin of 1.20% compared to Arko's net margin of 0.27%. Arko's return on equity of 8.88% beat Grocery Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arko	0.27%	8.88%	0.66%
Grocery Outlet	1.20%	5.25%	2.11%

Does the media refer more to ARKO or GO?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 8 more articles in the media than Arko. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 4 mentions for Arko. Grocery Outlet's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Arko's score of 0.36 indicating that Grocery Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arko	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grocery Outlet	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARKO or GO?

Grocery Outlet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arko. Arko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, 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
Arko	$8.73B	0.05	$34.37M	$0.13	30.88
Grocery Outlet	$4.37B	0.38	$79.44M	$0.39	43.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARKO or GO?

Grocery Outlet received 20 more outperform votes than Arko when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.84% of users gave Arko an outperform vote while only 32.08% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arko	Outperform Votes 14 36.84%	Underperform Votes 24 63.16%
Grocery Outlet	Outperform Votes 34 32.08%	Underperform Votes 72 67.92%

Summary

Grocery Outlet beats Arko on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.