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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TSCO or BGFV?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 27 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Tractor Supply and 0 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Tractor Supply's score of 1.51 indicating that Big 5 Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts prefer TSCO or BGFV?

Tractor Supply currently has a consensus price target of $61.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1.15%. Given Tractor Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
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 preferable valuation & 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	$14.88B	2.18	$1.10B	$2.04	29.95
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$795.47M	0.04	-$69.07M	-$4.20	-0.34

Is TSCO or BGFV more profitable?

Tractor Supply has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Big 5 Sporting Goods' net margin of -12.14%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 46.83% beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tractor Supply	7.18%	46.83%	10.73%
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-12.14%	-39.67%	-10.70%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tractor Supply beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.