Farmer Brothers (NASDAQ:FARM) vs. G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) Head-To-Head Comparison

Farmer Brothers (NASDAQ:FARM) and G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Farmer Brothers and G. Willi-Food International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Farmer Brothers	$341.09 million	0.11	-$3.88 million	($0.68)	-2.47
G. Willi-Food International	$157.88 million	1.87	$19.28 million	$1.39	15.31

G. Willi-Food International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Farmer Brothers. Farmer Brothers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than G. Willi-Food International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Farmer Brothers has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, G. Willi-Food International has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Farmer Brothers and G. Willi-Food International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Farmer Brothers	-4.20%	-26.00%	-6.06%
G. Willi-Food International	12.20%	12.20%	10.69%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Farmer Brothers and G. Willi-Food International, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Farmer Brothers	0	0	1	0	3.00
G. Willi-Food International	0	0	0	0	0.00

Farmer Brothers presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 167.86%. Given Farmer Brothers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Farmer Brothers is more favorable than G. Willi-Food International.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

64.5% of Farmer Brothers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of G. Willi-Food International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Farmer Brothers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 79.1% of G. Willi-Food International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

G. Willi-Food International beats Farmer Brothers on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Farmer Brothers

Farmer Bros. Co. engages in the roasting, wholesale, equipment servicing, and distribution of coffee, tea, and other allied products in the United States. The company offers roast and ground coffee; frozen liquid coffee; flavoured and unflavoured iced and hot teas; culinary products, including spices, pancake and biscuit mixes, gravy and sauce mixes, soup bases, dressings, and syrups and sauces, as well as coffee filters, cups, sugar, and creamers; and other beverages comprising cappuccino, cocoa, granitas, and other blender-based beverages and concentrated and ready-to-drink cold brew and iced coffee. It also engage installation, repair, and refurbishment services for an array of coffee, tea, and juice equipment. The company serves small independent restaurants, foodservice operators, and large institutional buyers and national account customers. The company distributes its products through direct-store-delivery network, and common carriers or third-party distributors, as well as website. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Northlake, Texas.

About G. Willi-Food International

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products. It also provides pineapples, peaches, apricots, pears, mangos, cherries, litchis, and fruit cocktail; olive, sunflower, soybean, corn, and rapeseed oils; dairy and dairy substitutes consisting of cheese, feta, Bulgarian cubes, goat cheese, fetina, butter, butter spread, margarine, melted cheese, cheese alternative, condensed milk, whipped cream, yogurt, frozen pizza, and other products; and dried fruits, nuts, and beans, such as figs, apricots, organic chestnuts, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pine nuts, cashews, banana chips, pistachios, and peanuts. In addition, the company offers instant noodle soup, frozen edamame soybean, freeze dried instant coffee, bagel, breadstick, lemon juice, halva, Turkish delight, cookies, vinegar, sweet pastry and crackers, sauce, corn flour, rice, pasta, spaghetti and noodles, breakfast cereals, corn flakes, rusks, tortilla, dried apples snacks, desert, ice cream, and light and alcoholic beverages. It markets its products under the Willi-Food, Euro European Dairies, Donna Rozza, Manchow, Gold Frost, Tifeeret, the Chef Dish, Art Coffe, Mr Chang, Muchi, Euro Butter, Euro Spread, Euro Cheese, Euro Cream, Euro Dessert, Euro Veg, Ha-Bulgaria, Gelato, Pinukim, Emma, Better Food, Kidoos, and TenBo brand names. The company was formerly known as G. Willi-Food Ltd. and changed its name to G. Willi-Food International Ltd. in June 1996. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel. G. Willi-Food International Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Willi-Food Investments Ltd.