Avnet (AVT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USFD or AVT?

US Foods received 433 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.53% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 20.93% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
US Foods	Outperform Votes 442 64.53%	Underperform Votes 243 35.47%
Avnet	Outperform Votes 9 20.93%	Underperform Votes 34 79.07%

Which has more risk & volatility, USFD or AVT?

US Foods has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avnet has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer USFD or AVT?

In the previous week, US Foods had 12 more articles in the media than Avnet. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for US Foods and 6 mentions for Avnet. Avnet's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat US Foods' score of 0.37 indicating that Avnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
US Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Avnet	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer USFD or AVT?

US Foods presently has a consensus target price of $67.42, indicating a potential downside of 1.16%. Avnet has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.94%. Given US Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	11 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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, USFD or AVT?

US Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Avnet. 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	$35.60B	0.45	$506M	$2.33	29.27
Avnet	$23.76B	0.19	$498.70M	$3.82	13.94

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

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

Is USFD or AVT more profitable?

US Foods has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Avnet's net margin of 1.51%. US Foods' return on equity of 14.15% beat Avnet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.54%	14.15%	5.05%
Avnet	1.51%	8.46%	3.37%

Summary

US Foods beats Avnet on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.