Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TSCO or BGFV?

98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply received 713 more outperform votes than Big 5 Sporting Goods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% 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
Tractor Supply	Outperform Votes 1047 69.52%	Underperform Votes 459 30.48%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Outperform Votes 334 61.85%	Underperform Votes 206 38.15%

Does the media favor TSCO or BGFV?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 17 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Tractor Supply and 1 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Tractor Supply's score of 1.08 indicating that Big 5 Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tractor Supply	Positive
Big 5 Sporting Goods	Very Positive

Is TSCO or BGFV a better dividend stock?

Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Big 5 Sporting Goods pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Tractor Supply pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Big 5 Sporting Goods pays out -5.6% 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.

Do analysts recommend TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply presently has a consensus target price of $58.02, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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
Tractor Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Big 5 Sporting Goods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TSCO or BGFV?

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
Tractor Supply	$14.96B	1.82	$1.10B	$2.01	25.58
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$777.69M	0.04	-$7.08M	-$3.55	-0.36

Is TSCO or BGFV 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
Tractor Supply	7.40%	49.01%	11.32%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-7.04%	-15.34%	-5.36%

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.