Comparing Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) & Chefs’ Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF)

Chefs’ Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Chefs’ Warehouse and Bridgford Foods”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chefs’ Warehouse	$3.79 billion	0.69	$55.48 million	$1.60	40.28
Bridgford Foods	$223.65 million	0.33	-$3.38 million	($0.80)	-10.20

Chefs’ Warehouse has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs’ Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

91.6% of Chefs’ Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs’ Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Chefs’ Warehouse and Bridgford Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs’ Warehouse	1.76%	13.60%	3.90%
Bridgford Foods	-3.19%	-5.81%	-4.72%

Volatility & Risk

Chefs’ Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.26, indicating that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Chefs’ Warehouse and Bridgford Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chefs’ Warehouse	0	1	6	1	3.00
Bridgford Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00

Chefs’ Warehouse currently has a consensus price target of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Chefs’ Warehouse’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs’ Warehouse is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

Summary

Chefs’ Warehouse beats Bridgford Foods on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chefs’ Warehouse

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. The company’s product portfolio includes specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products; and center-of-the-plate products consisting of custom cut beef, seafood, and hormone-free poultry, as well as broadline food products comprising cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk, and flour. The company serves menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores. It markets its center-of-the-plate products directly to consumers through a mail and e-commerce platform. The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

About Bridgford Foods

Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes frozen and snack food products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Frozen Food Products and Snack Food Products. The company offers biscuits, bread dough items, roll dough items, and dry sausage and beef jerky products, as well as ready to eat sandwiches and non-refrigerated snack food products. It provides frozen food products to food service and retail customers through wholesalers, cooperatives, and distributors; and snack food items to supermarkets, mass merchandise, and convenience retail stores through customer-owned distribution centers, as well as a direct store delivery network. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Bridgford Foods Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Bridgford Industries Incorporated.