Ingram Micro (INGM) Competitors

Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in INGM or USFD?

US Foods received 431 more outperform votes than Ingram Micro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.47% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Ingram Micro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingram Micro	Outperform Votes 10 58.82%	Underperform Votes 7 41.18%
US Foods	Outperform Votes 441 64.47%	Underperform Votes 243 35.53%

Which has better valuation & earnings, INGM or USFD?

US Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ingram Micro.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingram Micro	$47.66B	0.10	$352.71M	N/A	N/A
US Foods	$37.32B	0.42	$506M	$2.33	29.05

Is INGM or USFD more profitable?

US Foods has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Ingram Micro's net margin of 0.00%. US Foods' return on equity of 14.15% beat Ingram Micro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingram Micro	N/A	N/A	N/A
US Foods	1.54%	14.15%	5.05%

Does the media refer more to INGM or USFD?

In the previous week, US Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Ingram Micro. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for US Foods and 5 mentions for Ingram Micro. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Ingram Micro's score of 0.40 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts recommend INGM or USFD?

Ingram Micro presently has a consensus price target of $27.86, indicating a potential upside of 40.13%. US Foods has a consensus price target of $67.08, indicating a potential downside of 0.90%. Given Ingram Micro's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingram Micro is more favorable than US Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingram Micro	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

98.8% of US Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of US Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

US Foods beats Ingram Micro on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.