Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) Competitors

Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is BGFV or TSCO a better dividend stock?

Big 5 Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Big 5 Sporting Goods pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tractor Supply pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Tractor Supply has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Big 5 Sporting Goods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BGFV or TSCO?

Tractor Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, 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
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$777.69M	0.04	-$7.08M	-$3.55	-0.34
Tractor Supply	$14.96B	1.78	$1.10B	$2.01	25.03

Is BGFV or TSCO more profitable?

Tractor Supply has a net margin of 7.40% compared to Big 5 Sporting Goods' net margin of -7.04%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 49.01% beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-7.04%	-15.34%	-5.36%
Tractor Supply	7.40%	49.01%	11.32%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BGFV or TSCO?

42.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BGFV or TSCO?

Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $58.02, indicating a potential upside of 15.32%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tractor Supply is more favorable than Big 5 Sporting Goods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Tractor Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BGFV or TSCO?

Tractor Supply received 713 more outperform votes than Big 5 Sporting Goods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Big 5 Sporting Goods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Outperform Votes 334 61.85%	Underperform Votes 206 38.15%
Tractor Supply	Outperform Votes 1047 69.61%	Underperform Votes 457 30.39%

Does the media refer more to BGFV or TSCO?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 35 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Tractor Supply and 1 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' score of 0.00 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tractor Supply	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BGFV or TSCO?

Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.