SFM vs. AN, W, MNSO, CAVA, BECN, ANF, NSIT, DDS, LAD, and GLBE
Should you be buying Sprouts Farmers Market stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprouts Farmers Market include AutoNation (AN), Wayfair (W), MINISO Group (MNSO), CAVA Group (CAVA), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), Dillard's (DDS), Lithia Motors (LAD), and Global-E Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
AutoNation (NYSE:AN) and Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Sprouts Farmers Market's return on equity of 48.76% beat AutoNation's return on equity.
AutoNation has higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. AutoNation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprouts Farmers Market, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sprouts Farmers Market received 284 more outperform votes than AutoNation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.19% of users gave Sprouts Farmers Market an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave AutoNation an outperform vote.
AutoNation has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AutoNation had 4 more articles in the media than Sprouts Farmers Market. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AutoNation and 13 mentions for Sprouts Farmers Market. AutoNation's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Sprouts Farmers Market's score of -0.04 indicating that Sprouts Farmers Market is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.6% of AutoNation shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of AutoNation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AutoNation presently has a consensus price target of $173.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.26%. Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus price target of $51.14, indicating a potential downside of 24.69%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AutoNation is more favorable than Sprouts Farmers Market.
Summary
AutoNation beats Sprouts Farmers Market on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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