Critical Survey: Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) versus Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA)

Bridgford Foods (NASDAQ:BRID) and Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Bridgford Foods and Mama’s Creations, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgford Foods	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mama’s Creations	0	0	1	0	3.00

Mama’s Creations has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 54.76%. Given Mama’s Creations’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mama’s Creations is more favorable than Bridgford Foods.

Risk and Volatility

Bridgford Foods has a beta of -0.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bridgford Foods and Mama’s Creations’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgford Foods	$265.90 million	0.37	$45.07 million	$4.96	2.21
Mama’s Creations	$93.19 million	1.70	$2.30 million	$0.18	23.50

Bridgford Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Mama’s Creations. Bridgford Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mama’s Creations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Bridgford Foods and Mama’s Creations’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgford Foods	1.74%	3.47%	2.57%
Mama’s Creations	6.29%	46.03%	16.91%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

5.1% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.8% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by institutional investors. 80.7% of Bridgford Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats Bridgford Foods on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bridgford Foods

Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes frozen, refrigerated, and snack food products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Frozen Food Products and Snack Food Products. The company primarily offers biscuits, bread dough items, roll dough items, and dry sausage and beef jerky products. It provides approximately 130 frozen food products to food service and retail customers through wholesalers, cooperatives, and distributors; and 160 snack food items to supermarkets, and 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 is a subsidiary of Bridgford Industries Incorporated.

About Mama’s Creations

Mama's Creations, Inc. manufactures and markets prepared refrigerated foods primarily in the United States. The company offers beef and turkey meatballs, meat loaf, chicken, sausage-related products, and pasta entrees; and hot bars, salad bars, prepared foods, sandwich, and cold deli and foods-to-go sections. It sells its products directly to supermarkets, club chains, and mass-market retailers; and food retailers and distributors, as well as through website. The company was formerly known as MamaMancini's Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Mama's Creations, Inc. in August 2023. Mama's Creations, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey.