Greystone Logistics (OTCMKTS:GLGI) vs. BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) Head-To-Head Analysis

BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) and Greystone Logistics (OTCMKTS:GLGI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

BJ’s Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Logistics has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for BJ’s Wholesale Club and Greystone Logistics, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BJ’s Wholesale Club	1	10	9	0	2.40
Greystone Logistics	0	0	0	0	0.00

BJ’s Wholesale Club presently has a consensus target price of $107.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.04%. Given BJ’s Wholesale Club’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BJ’s Wholesale Club is more favorable than Greystone Logistics.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BJ’s Wholesale Club and Greystone Logistics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BJ’s Wholesale Club	$21.46 billion	0.60	$578.38 million	$4.38	22.74
Greystone Logistics	$57.87 million	0.14	$2.35 million	($0.04)	-7.44

BJ’s Wholesale Club has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Logistics. Greystone Logistics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ’s Wholesale Club, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.6% of BJ’s Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Greystone Logistics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of BJ’s Wholesale Club 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 BJ’s Wholesale Club and Greystone Logistics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BJ’s Wholesale Club	2.70%	27.55%	7.90%
Greystone Logistics	-1.86%	-4.88%	-2.10%

Summary

BJ’s Wholesale Club beats Greystone Logistics on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BJ’s Wholesale Club

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation of membership warehouse clubs. Its product categories include grocery, household and pet, television and electronics, furniture, computer and tablets, patio and outdoor living, lawn and garden, baby and kids, toys, home, health and beauty, appliances, and jewelry. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

About Greystone Logistics

Greystone Logistics, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets plastic pallets and pelletized recycled plastic resins in the United States. The company offers rackable, can, nestable, display, monoblock, half-barrel and slim keg stackable, drum, and mid duty pallets. It sells its pallets directly, as well as through a network of independent contractor distributors. The company was formerly known as PalWeb Corporation and changed its name to Greystone Logistics, Inc. in March 2005. Greystone Logistics, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.