Coffee (JVA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, JVA or BRID?

Coffee has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.24, indicating that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor JVA or BRID?

In the previous week, Coffee had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgford Foods. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Coffee and 2 mentions for Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Coffee's score of 0.72 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coffee	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bridgford Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, JVA or BRID?

Coffee has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Coffee	$78.56M	0.31	$2.22M	$0.64	6.56
Bridgford Foods	$223.65M	0.31	-$3.38M	-$0.82	-9.31

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JVA or BRID?

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

Is JVA or BRID more profitable?

Coffee has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Bridgford Foods' net margin of -3.29%. Coffee's return on equity of 13.87% beat Bridgford Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coffee	4.35%	13.87%	10.11%
Bridgford Foods	-3.29%	-5.86%	-4.72%

Summary

Coffee beats Bridgford Foods on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.