Avnet (AVT) Competitors

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, USFD or AVT?

Avnet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than US Foods. Avnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, 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
US Foods	$37.88B	0.40	$494M	$2.02	32.29
Avnet	$22.48B	0.19	$498.70M	$3.53	13.82

Is USFD or AVT more profitable?

Avnet has a net margin of 1.41% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.30%. US Foods' return on equity of 15.03% beat Avnet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.30%	15.03%	5.28%
Avnet	1.41%	7.49%	3.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, USFD or AVT?

US Foods has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avnet has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer USFD or AVT?

In the previous week, US Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Avnet. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for US Foods and 5 mentions for Avnet. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Avnet's score of 1.08 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
US Foods	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Avnet	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate USFD or AVT?

US Foods presently has a consensus target price of $71.09, suggesting a potential upside of 9.00%. Avnet has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Given US Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe US Foods is more favorable than Avnet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Avnet	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USFD or AVT?

US Foods received 440 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
US Foods	Outperform Votes 449 64.88%	Underperform Votes 243 35.12%
Avnet	Outperform Votes 9 20.00%	Underperform Votes 36 80.00%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in USFD or AVT?

98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Avnet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Avnet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

US Foods beats Avnet on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.