Coffee (JVA) Competitors

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and Coffee (NASDAQ:JVA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BRID or JVA?

Coffee has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coffee, 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	$221.35M	0.33	-$3.38M	-$0.63	-12.74
Coffee	$80.33M	0.25	$2.22M	$0.53	6.53

Is BRID or JVA more profitable?

Coffee has a net margin of 2.82% compared to Bridgford Foods' net margin of -1.51%. Coffee's return on equity of 8.97% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	-1.51%	-2.63%	-2.07%
Coffee	2.82%	8.97%	6.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRID or JVA?

Coffee received 32 more outperform votes than Bridgford Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.33% of users gave Bridgford Foods an outperform vote while only 44.19% of users gave Coffee an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bridgford Foods	Outperform Votes 124 59.33%	Underperform Votes 85 40.67%
Coffee	Outperform Votes 156 44.19%	Underperform Votes 197 55.81%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BRID or JVA?

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Coffee shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BRID or JVA?

In the previous week, Bridgford Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Coffee. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgford Foods and 1 mentions for Coffee. Coffee's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Bridgford Foods' score of 0.93 indicating that Coffee is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bridgford Foods	Positive
Coffee	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BRID or JVA?

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.41, indicating that its share price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coffee has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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