Analyzing Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) and Calloway’s Nursery (OTCMKTS:CLWY)

Risk & Volatility

Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calloway’s Nursery has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Big 5 Sporting Goods and Calloway’s Nursery”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Big 5 Sporting Goods	$795.47 million	0.03	-$69.07 million	($3.55)	-0.34
Calloway’s Nursery	$87.25 million	0.16	$5.75 million	N/A	N/A

Calloway’s Nursery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Big 5 Sporting Goods.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.4% of Calloway’s Nursery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Big 5 Sporting Goods and Calloway’s Nursery’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big 5 Sporting Goods	-10.03%	-29.41%	-8.82%
Calloway’s Nursery	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Calloway’s Nursery beats Big 5 Sporting Goods on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Big 5 Sporting Goods

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation operates as a sporting goods retailer in the western United States. Its products include athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The company also offers a selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, and winter and summer recreation, as well as home recreation. It also provides private label items, such as shoes, apparel, camping equipment, fishing supplies, and snow sport equipment. The company sells private label merchandise under its trademarks comprising Golden Bear, Harsh, Pacifica, and Rugged Exposure. It also operates an e-commerce platform under the Big 5 Sporting Goods name. Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

About Calloway’s Nursery

Calloway's Nursery, Inc. operates garden centers in the United States. The company offers birding, fertilizers, garden tools,insect and pest control; mosquito control solutions, pottery, soils and mulches; weed control and fungicide to gardeners. It also provides cornelius home decor and lawn décor products. In addition, the company provides landscape design services. The company operates 24 stores under the Calloway's Nursery name in Texas. Calloway's Nursery, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.