Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andersons has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHEF or ANDE?

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Andersons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CHEF or ANDE?

In the previous week, Andersons had 3 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Andersons and 5 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Andersons' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.31 indicating that Andersons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Andersons	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CHEF or ANDE more profitable?

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.28% compared to Andersons' net margin of 1.06%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.67% beat Andersons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.28%	12.67%	3.41%
Andersons	1.06%	8.21%	3.59%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHEF or ANDE?

Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Andersons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, 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
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.43B	0.47	$34.59M	$1.14	35.96
Andersons	$14.75B	0.11	$101.19M	$3.50	13.79

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse received 105 more outperform votes than Andersons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.06% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Andersons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 409 62.06%	Underperform Votes 250 37.94%
Andersons	Outperform Votes 304 56.72%	Underperform Votes 232 43.28%

Do analysts rate CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus price target of $50.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.20%. Andersons has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.67%. Given Andersons' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Andersons is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Andersons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats Andersons on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.