Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Competitors $53.55 -0.86 (-1.58%) Closing price 04/15/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$53.91 +0.36 (+0.67%) As of 04/15/2025 07:43 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CHEF vs. UNFI, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, WILC, DIT, PFGC, LW, INGR, and SFDShould you be buying Chefs' Warehouse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chefs' Warehouse include United Natural Foods (UNFI), Andersons (ANDE), SpartanNash (SPTN), Sysco (SYY), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Amcon Distributing (DIT), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Lamb Weston (LW), Ingredion (INGR), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). Chefs' Warehouse vs. United Natural Foods Andersons SpartanNash Sysco G. Willi-Food International Amcon Distributing Performance Food Group Lamb Weston Ingredion Smithfield Foods United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UNFI or CHEF? Chefs' Warehouse has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Natural Foods. United Natural Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioUnited Natural Foods$31.68B0.05-$112M-$1.37-17.56Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.58$55.48M$1.3140.88 Do analysts rate UNFI or CHEF? United Natural Foods presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.32%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $67.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.24%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than United Natural Foods.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score United Natural Foods 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.13Chefs' Warehouse 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UNFI or CHEF? 87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UNFI or CHEF? United Natural Foods received 219 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.52% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave United Natural Foods an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformUnited Natural FoodsOutperform Votes63655.30% Underperform Votes51444.70% Chefs' WarehouseOutperform Votes41762.52% Underperform Votes25037.48% Is UNFI or CHEF more profitable? Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.46% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.30%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.90% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets United Natural Foods-0.30% 1.27% 0.27% Chefs' Warehouse 1.46%12.90%3.54% Does the media refer more to UNFI or CHEF? In the previous week, United Natural Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for United Natural Foods and 7 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. United Natural Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.32 indicating that United Natural Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment United Natural Foods 10 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive 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 Which has more volatility and risk, UNFI or CHEF? United Natural Foods has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryChefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Chefs' Warehouse News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CHEF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CHEF vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChefs' WarehouseGroceries, general line IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.19B$2.06B$16.99B$7.57BDividend YieldN/A2.23%3.03%4.33%P/E Ratio40.8820.3115.3017.81Price / Sales0.580.193.6894.58Price / Cash20.2111.1316.3934.64Price / Book3.941.606.274.00Net Income$55.48M$56.73M$734.35M$247.23M7 Day Performance9.11%4.49%4.11%7.26%1 Month Performance2.08%-5.58%-1.71%-6.26%1 Year Performance63.01%57.14%-2.36%-0.18% Chefs' Warehouse Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CHEFChefs' Warehouse3.7582 of 5 stars$53.55-1.6%$67.60+26.2%+63.0%$2.19B$3.79B40.884,120Positive NewsUNFIUnited Natural Foods3.3824 of 5 stars$24.24-1.4%$27.50+13.5%+150.6%$1.47B$31.68B-15.4428,333Analyst UpgradeNews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeANDEAndersons4.6876 of 5 stars$37.08-4.0%$55.00+48.3%-34.9%$1.27B$11.26B11.172,280SPTNSpartanNash3.5893 of 5 stars$19.47-3.5%$15.00-23.0%+1.4%$658.98M$9.55B-1,947.0016,500News CoveragePositive NewsSYYSysco4.7034 of 5 stars$69.40-2.9%$84.77+22.1%-5.8%$33.95B$80.57B17.8471,000Positive NewsWILCG. Willi-Food International2.6925 of 5 stars$14.92+1.2%N/A+60.9%$207M$575.80M13.20180Short Interest ↓Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeDITAmcon DistributingN/A$120.67+3.1%N/AN/A$77.83M$2.78B20.251,220PFGCPerformance Food Group4.397 of 5 stars$71.57-2.3%$95.73+33.8%+9.8%$11.18B$60.10B28.8635,000Short Interest ↑Positive NewsGap DownLWLamb Weston4.551 of 5 stars$56.44-4.3%$73.09+29.5%-31.7%$8.05B$6.33B22.318,000Short Interest ↓Positive NewsINGRIngredion4.7944 of 5 stars$125.20-4.3%$152.60+21.9%+18.2%$8.04B$7.43B12.8911,700Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsSFDSmithfield Foods3.8342 of 5 stars$19.30-2.4%$27.86+44.3%N/A$7.59B$14.14B8.5037,417Gap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies UNFI Competitors ANDE Competitors SPTN Competitors SYY Competitors WILC Competitors DIT Competitors PFGC Competitors LW Competitors INGR Competitors SFD Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:CHEF) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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