Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and GLG Life Tech (OTCMKTS:GLGLF) Critical Survey

GLG Life Tech (OTCMKTS:GLGLF) and Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GLG Life Tech and Bridgford Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GLG Life Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bridgford Foods	1	0	0	0	1.00

Given GLG Life Tech’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GLG Life Tech is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

Risk & Volatility

GLG Life Tech has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.21, indicating that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are owned by company 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 GLG Life Tech and Bridgford Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GLG Life Tech	788.59%	N/A	-71.19%
Bridgford Foods	-3.19%	-5.81%	-4.72%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares GLG Life Tech and Bridgford Foods”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GLG Life Tech	$10.62 million	0.00	$48.29 million	$1.97	N/A
Bridgford Foods	$227.36 million	0.30	-$3.38 million	($0.80)	-9.55

GLG Life Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bridgford Foods. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GLG Life Tech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

GLG Life Tech beats Bridgford Foods on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GLG Life Tech

GLG Life Tech Corporation researches for, develops, grows, refines, and produces natural sweeteners extracted from the stevia plant and monk fruit in Canada and internationally. It also offers P-Pro Plus, a pea protein product; REB M GOLD, a bioconverted Rebaudioside M and Rebaudioside D. sweetener; and natural ingredients. It serves in the food and beverage industry. The company was formerly known as GLG Life Tech Limited and changed its name to GLG Life Tech Corporation in March 2007. GLG Life Tech Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

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.