Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) & NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL) Head to Head Analysis

NextPlat (NASDAQ:NXPL) and Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NextPlat and Sprouts Farmers Market”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextPlat	$54.32 million	0.45	-$10.46 million	($3.67)	-2.44
Sprouts Farmers Market	$8.81 billion	0.68	$523.67 million	$5.22	12.33

Sprouts Farmers Market has higher revenue and earnings than NextPlat. NextPlat 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.

Volatility and Risk

NextPlat has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprouts Farmers Market has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for NextPlat and Sprouts Farmers Market, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NextPlat	1	1	1	0	2.00
Sprouts Farmers Market	1	6	7	0	2.43

NextPlat presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.60%. Sprouts Farmers Market has a consensus price target of $90.58, indicating a potential upside of 40.76%. Given Sprouts Farmers Market’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sprouts Farmers Market is more favorable than NextPlat.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.3% of NextPlat shares are held by institutional investors. 46.1% of NextPlat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Sprouts Farmers Market shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextPlat	-20.38%	-54.66%	-34.82%
Sprouts Farmers Market	5.58%	34.84%	11.99%

Summary

Sprouts Farmers Market beats NextPlat on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextPlat

NextPlat Corp operates as a healthcare and e-commerce company in Europe, North America, South America, the Asia and Pacific, and Africa. The company operates full-service retail specialty services pharmacies that provides prescription pharmaceuticals prescription pharmaceuticals, third-party administration, risk and data management services, compounded medications, tele-pharmacy services, anti-retroviral medications, medication therapy management, contracted pharmacy services, and health practice risk management to healthcare organizations and providers, as well as supplies prescription medications to long-term care facilities. It also offers COVID-19 related diagnostics and vaccinations, and medication adherence packaging; and value-added services, such as prior authorization assistance, same-day home-medication delivery, on site provider consultation services, primary care reporting and analytics, and customized packaging solutions, as well as acquires and leases an e-commerce platform to collaborate with businesses to optimize their ability to sell their goods online. In addition, it operates e-commerce websites, as well as third-party e-commerce storefronts that provides mobile satellite services solutions for satellite-enabled voice, data, personnel and asset tracking, machine-to-machine, and internet of things connectivity services; voice, data communications, internet of things (IoT), and machine-to-machine services; tracking and monitoring solutions and services; satellite communications products; and GPS enabled emergency locator distress beacons. Further, it offers satellite tracking devices used to monitor the location, movements, and history of anything that moves; SolarTrack, a compact, lightweight, IoT tracking device powered by the sun; and GTCTrack, a subscription-based mapping and tracking portal. The company was formerly known as Orbsat Corp. and changed its name to NextPlat Corp in January 2022. NextPlat Corp is based in Coconut Grove, Florida.

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.