FARM vs. FI, MDLZ, HSY, K, GIS, TSN, MKC, HRL, PPC, and SJM
Should you be buying Farmer Brothers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Brothers include Fiserv (FI), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and J. M. Smucker (SJM).
Farmer Brothers vs. Its Competitors
Fiserv (NYSE:FI) and Farmer Brothers (NASDAQ:FARM) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.
Fiserv has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Farmer Brothers has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fiserv has higher revenue and earnings than Farmer Brothers. Farmer Brothers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiserv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fiserv has a net margin of 16.00% compared to Farmer Brothers' net margin of -4.20%. Fiserv's return on equity of 19.69% beat Farmer Brothers' return on equity.
Fiserv presently has a consensus target price of $207.08, indicating a potential upside of 49.05%. Farmer Brothers has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 161.63%. Given Farmer Brothers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Farmer Brothers is more favorable than Fiserv.
91.0% of Fiserv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of Farmer Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fiserv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Farmer Brothers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fiserv had 81 more articles in the media than Farmer Brothers. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Fiserv and 2 mentions for Farmer Brothers. Fiserv's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Farmer Brothers' score of -0.50 indicating that Fiserv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fiserv beats Farmer Brothers on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:FARM) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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