FARM vs. CONN, NDLS, BGFV, LGCB, LVLU, LL, HOUR, THCH, ARKR, and BIRD
Should you be buying Farmer Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Bros. include Conn's (CONN), Noodles & Company (NDLS), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Linkage Global (LGCB), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), LL Flooring (LL), Hour Loop (HOUR), TH International (THCH), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), and Allbirds (BIRD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) and Conn's (NASDAQ:CONN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Conn's had 12 more articles in the media than Farmer Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Conn's and 7 mentions for Farmer Bros.. Farmer Bros.'s average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Conn's' score of -0.08 indicating that Farmer Bros. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Conn's received 129 more outperform votes than Farmer Bros. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.67% of users gave Farmer Bros. an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave Conn's an outperform vote.
Conn's has higher revenue and earnings than Farmer Bros.. Farmer Bros. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conn's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Farmer Bros. has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conn's has a beta of 2.44, indicating that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.5% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of Conn's shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Conn's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Conn's has a net margin of -13.51% compared to Farmer Bros.'s net margin of -14.91%. Conn's' return on equity of -34.65% beat Farmer Bros.'s return on equity.
Conn's has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.88%. Given Conn's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Conn's is more favorable than Farmer Bros..
Summary
Conn's beats Farmer Bros. on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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