DAVIDsTEA (DTEA) Competitors

DAVIDsTEA (NASDAQ:DTEA) and Farmmi (NASDAQ:FAMI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend DTEA or FAMI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DAVIDsTEA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Farmmi	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTEA or FAMI?

DAVIDsTEA received 95 more outperform votes than Farmmi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.45% of users gave Farmmi an outperform vote while only 46.58% of users gave DAVIDsTEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DAVIDsTEA	Outperform Votes 238 46.58%	Underperform Votes 273 53.42%
Farmmi	Outperform Votes 143 67.45%	Underperform Votes 69 32.55%

Is DTEA or FAMI more profitable?

Farmmi has a net margin of 0.00% compared to DAVIDsTEA's net margin of -10.92%. Farmmi's return on equity of 0.00% beat DAVIDsTEA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DAVIDsTEA	-10.92%	-13.69%	-8.24%
Farmmi	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor DTEA or FAMI?

In the previous week, Farmmi had 2 more articles in the media than DAVIDsTEA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Farmmi and 1 mentions for DAVIDsTEA. Farmmi's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat DAVIDsTEA's score of 0.00 indicating that Farmmi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DAVIDsTEA	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Farmmi	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, DTEA or FAMI?

DAVIDsTEA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Farmmi.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DAVIDsTEA	$91.55 million	0.12	$62.38 million	-$0.30	-1.40
Farmmi	$99.21 million	0.11	$2.22 million	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DTEA or FAMI?

0.9% of DAVIDsTEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Farmmi shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DAVIDsTEA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Farmmi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, DTEA or FAMI?

DAVIDsTEA has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmmi has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Farmmi beats DAVIDsTEA on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.