Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) Competitors

Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) and Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CVNA or SFM?

56.7% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of Carvana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CVNA or SFM?

Carvana has a beta of 3.61, indicating that its stock price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CVNA or SFM?

Carvana presently has a consensus target price of $269.18, indicating a potential downside of 10.83%. Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus target price of $167.79, indicating a potential downside of 0.14%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sprouts Farmers Market is more favorable than Carvana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sprouts Farmers Market	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVNA or SFM?

Sprouts Farmers Market received 107 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.08% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 58.51% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carvana	Outperform Votes 574 58.51%	Underperform Votes 407 41.49%
Sprouts Farmers Market	Outperform Votes 681 61.08%	Underperform Votes 434 38.92%

Does the media favor CVNA or SFM?

In the previous week, Carvana had 7 more articles in the media than Sprouts Farmers Market. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Carvana and 40 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market. Sprouts Farmers Market's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Carvana's score of 0.84 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carvana	25 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprouts Farmers Market	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CVNA or SFM more profitable?

Sprouts Farmers Market has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Carvana's net margin of 1.54%. Carvana's return on equity of 36.59% beat Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carvana	1.54%	36.59%	1.79%
Sprouts Farmers Market	4.93%	29.86%	10.91%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CVNA or SFM?

Carvana has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. Sprouts Farmers Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, 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
Carvana	$14.84B	4.35	$450M	$2.85	105.92
Sprouts Farmers Market	$8.07B	2.04	$258.86M	$4.45	37.76

Summary

Carvana beats Sprouts Farmers Market on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.