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

Which has more volatility and risk, BGFV or TSCO?

Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BGFV or TSCO?

Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $61.45, suggesting a potential upside of 3.67%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is BGFV or TSCO more profitable?

Tractor Supply has a net margin of 7.24% compared to Big 5 Sporting Goods' net margin of -10.03%. Tractor Supply's return on equity of 47.56% beat Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-10.03%	-29.41%	-8.82%
Tractor Supply	7.24%	47.56%	10.89%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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. 6.7% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BGFV or TSCO?

In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 66 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Tractor Supply and 1 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Tractor Supply's score of 0.79 indicating that Big 5 Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	$795.47M	0.04	-$69.07M	-$3.55	-0.40
Tractor Supply	$14.88B	2.11	$1.10B	$2.01	29.49

Summary

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