Bridgford Foods (BRID) Competitors

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

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

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BRID or BYND?

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.24, meaning that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BRID or BYND?

Beyond Meat has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Beyond Meat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

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

Is BRID or BYND more profitable?

Bridgford Foods has a net margin of -1.51% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -83.63%. Beyond Meat's return on equity of 0.00% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	-1.51%	-2.63%	-2.07%
Beyond Meat	-83.63%	N/A	-22.99%

Does the media prefer BRID or BYND?

In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 3 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Beyond Meat and 3 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Beyond Meat's score of 0.71 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bridgford Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Beyond Meat	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRID or BYND?

Beyond Meat received 57 more outperform votes than Bridgford Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.33% of users gave Bridgford Foods an outperform vote while only 44.69% of users gave Beyond Meat an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgford Foods	Outperform Votes 124 59.33%	Underperform Votes 85 40.67%
Beyond Meat	Outperform Votes 181 44.69%	Underperform Votes 224 55.31%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BRID or BYND?

Bridgford Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Bridgford Foods	$224.67M	0.32	-$3.38M	-$0.82	-9.60
Beyond Meat	$319.58M	0.79	-$338.14M	-$2.28	-1.45

Summary

Beyond Meat beats Bridgford Foods on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.