Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

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

Is ANDE or CHEF more profitable?

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.46% compared to Andersons' net margin of 1.01%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.90% beat Andersons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andersons	1.01%	7.59%	3.30%
Chefs' Warehouse	1.46%	12.90%	3.54%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ANDE or CHEF?

87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Andersons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ANDE or CHEF?

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
Andersons	$11.26B	0.13	$114.01M	$3.32	13.22
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.79B	0.57	$55.48M	$1.31	40.98

Which has more risk and volatility, ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.34%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $67.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.91%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Andersons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andersons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to ANDE or CHEF?

In the previous week, Andersons and Andersons both had 6 articles in the media. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Andersons' score of 0.76 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Andersons	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chefs' Warehouse	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANDE or CHEF?

Chefs' Warehouse received 109 more outperform votes than Andersons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Andersons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andersons	Outperform Votes 308 56.83%	Underperform Votes 234 43.17%
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 417 62.52%	Underperform Votes 250 37.48%

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats Andersons on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.