Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

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

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

87.1% of Andersons shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Andersons shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by company 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 more risk and volatility, ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ANDE or CHEF?

In the previous week, Andersons had 9 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Andersons and 7 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Andersons' score of 0.48 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Chefs' Warehouse	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Do analysts recommend ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons currently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.94%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $67.60, suggesting a potential upside of 24.24%. Given Andersons' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Andersons is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

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

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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	0.12	$114.01M	$3.32	11.51
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.79B	0.59	$55.48M	$1.31	41.53

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats Andersons on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.