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, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, BRID or JVA?

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.27, meaning that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coffee has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BRID or JVA?

In the previous week, Bridgford Foods and Bridgford Foods both had 1 articles in the media. Bridgford Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Coffee's score of 0.00 indicating that Bridgford Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has better earnings and 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	0.32	-$3.38M	-$0.63	-12.47
Coffee	$80.33M	0.23	$2.22M	$0.53	6.08

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%

Do insiders & 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 insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Coffee shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Summary

Coffee beats Bridgford Foods on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.