Financial Comparison: BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) vs. Fenbo (NASDAQ:FEBO)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Fenbo and BJ’s Wholesale Club”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fenbo	$132.91 million	0.09	-$1.99 million	N/A	N/A
BJ’s Wholesale Club	$20.50 billion	0.56	$534.42 million	$4.34	20.33

BJ’s Wholesale Club has higher revenue and earnings than Fenbo.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Fenbo and BJ’s Wholesale Club, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fenbo	1	0	0	0	1.00
BJ’s Wholesale Club	1	8	9	0	2.44

BJ’s Wholesale Club has a consensus price target of $109.64, suggesting a potential upside of 24.27%. Given BJ’s Wholesale Club’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BJ’s Wholesale Club is more favorable than Fenbo.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.0% of Fenbo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ’s Wholesale Club 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Fenbo and BJ’s Wholesale Club’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fenbo	N/A	N/A	N/A
BJ’s Wholesale Club	2.72%	28.66%	7.99%

Risk and Volatility

Fenbo has a beta of -1.98, indicating that its share price is 298% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ’s Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BJ’s Wholesale Club beats Fenbo on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fenbo

Fenbo Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells personal care electric appliances and toys products. The company offers curling wands and irons, flat irons and hair straighteners, hair dryers, trimmers, nail polishers, pet shampoo brushes, eyebrow pliers, etc. It serves customers in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and internationally. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. Fenbo Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of Luxury Max Investments Limited.

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.