Contrasting Bridgford Foods (BRID) & Its Peers

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) is one of 328 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Bridgford Foods to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Bridgford Foods and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgford Foods	1	0	0	0	1.00
Bridgford Foods Competitors	2459	8309	8388	405	2.34

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 16.36%. Given Bridgford Foods’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgford Foods has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Bridgford Foods and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	-6.36%	-12.97%	-10.05%
Bridgford Foods Competitors	-12.89%	-118.90%	-2.05%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bridgford Foods and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgford Foods	$230.99 million	-$13.36 million	-3.33
Bridgford Foods Competitors	$6.86 billion	$703.44 million	-2,425.95

Bridgford Foods’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.15, meaning that its share price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods’ competitors have a beta of -3.82, meaning that their average share price is 482% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bridgford Foods competitors beat Bridgford Foods on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Bridgford Foods

Bridgford Foods Corporation (NASDAQ: BRID) is a food manufacturer and distributor based in Anaheim, California. The company produces and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, along with shelf-stable snack and meat items, under the Bridgford and related brand names. Its product portfolio includes frozen bread dough, rolls, biscuits and other bakery products, as well as ready-to-eat sandwiches, beef jerky, meat snacks and sausages. Bridgford’s products are sold through retail grocery, convenience-store, foodservice and other institutional distribution channels.