Bridgford Foods (BRID) Competitors

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, BYND or BRID?

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BYND or BRID?

Bridgford Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beyond Meat. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond Meat, 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
Beyond Meat	$326.45M	0.82	-$160.28M	-$2.28	-1.54
Bridgford Foods	$224.67M	0.31	-$3.38M	-$0.82	-9.29

Does the media favor BYND or BRID?

In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Beyond Meat and 0 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Beyond Meat's score of 0.42 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Beyond Meat	Neutral
Bridgford Foods	Positive

Do analysts rate BYND or BRID?

Beyond Meat currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Beyond Meat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Meat	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
Bridgford Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BYND or BRID?

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BYND or BRID more profitable?

Bridgford Foods has a net margin of -3.29% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -49.70%. Beyond Meat's return on equity of 0.00% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Meat	-49.70%	N/A	-23.00%
Bridgford Foods	-3.29%	-5.86%	-4.72%

Summary

Beyond Meat beats Bridgford Foods on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.