Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) and Its Rivals Head-To-Head Comparison

Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) is one of 149 public companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Sprouts Farmers Market to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sprouts Farmers Market and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprouts Farmers Market	$9.11 billion	$523.67 million	9.54
Sprouts Farmers Market Competitors	$34.75 billion	$846.26 million	15.89

Sprouts Farmers Market’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Sprouts Farmers Market. Sprouts Farmers Market is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market’s rivals have a beta of 0.44, indicating that their average share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sprouts Farmers Market and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprouts Farmers Market	3	6	5	0	2.14
Sprouts Farmers Market Competitors	2240	8261	10030	459	2.41

Sprouts Farmers Market presently has a consensus target price of $64.92, indicating a potential upside of 30.62%. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 58.97%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sprouts Farmers Market has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Sprouts Farmers Market and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprouts Farmers Market	5.45%	33.83%	11.53%
Sprouts Farmers Market Competitors	-25.91%	3.42%	2.87%

Summary

Sprouts Farmers Market rivals beat Sprouts Farmers Market on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Sprouts Farmers Market

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of fresh, natural, and organic food products under the Sprouts brand in the United States. It offers perishable product categories, including fresh produce, meat and meat alternatives, seafood, deli, bakery, floral, and dairy and dairy alternatives; and non-perishable product categories, such as grocery, vitamins and supplements, bulk items, frozen foods, beer and wine, and natural health and body care. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.