Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Competitors

Savers Value Village (NYSE:SVV) and Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts recommend SVV or SPH?

Savers Value Village currently has a consensus price target of $25.13, suggesting a potential upside of 85.29%. Suburban Propane Partners has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.38%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Savers Value Village is more favorable than Suburban Propane Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Savers Value Village	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SVV or SPH?

Suburban Propane Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Savers Value Village. Suburban Propane Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Savers Value Village, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Savers Value Village	$1.50B	1.46	$53.12M	$0.41	33.07
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.43B	0.91	$123.75M	$1.69	12.03

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SVV or SPH?

98.8% of Savers Value Village shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Savers Value Village shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SVV or SPH?

Suburban Propane Partners received 289 more outperform votes than Savers Value Village when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave Savers Value Village an outperform vote while only 57.25% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Savers Value Village	Outperform Votes 15 93.75%	Underperform Votes 1 6.25%
Suburban Propane Partners	Outperform Votes 304 57.25%	Underperform Votes 227 42.75%

Does the media prefer SVV or SPH?

In the previous week, Savers Value Village had 2 more articles in the media than Suburban Propane Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Savers Value Village and 6 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners. Suburban Propane Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Savers Value Village's score of 0.35 indicating that Savers Value Village is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Savers Value Village	1 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Suburban Propane Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SVV or SPH more profitable?

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Suburban Propane Partners' net margin of 4.17%. Savers Value Village's return on equity of 18.91% beat Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Savers Value Village	4.17%	12.18%	1.80%
Suburban Propane Partners	8.02%	18.91%	4.77%

Summary

Savers Value Village beats Suburban Propane Partners on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.