Ingram Micro (INGM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USFD or INGM?

US Foods received 431 more outperform votes than Ingram Micro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Ingram Micro an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
US Foods	Outperform Votes 449 64.88%	Underperform Votes 243 35.12%
Ingram Micro	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%

Do analysts prefer USFD or INGM?

US Foods currently has a consensus target price of $71.09, indicating a potential upside of 9.37%. Ingram Micro has a consensus target price of $26.64, indicating a potential upside of 57.37%. Given Ingram Micro's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingram Micro is more favorable than US Foods.

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
Ingram Micro	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Do institutionals & insiders believe in USFD or INGM?

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

Does the media favor USFD or INGM?

In the previous week, US Foods had 11 more articles in the media than Ingram Micro. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for US Foods and 5 mentions for Ingram Micro. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Ingram Micro's score of 0.68 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingram Micro	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, USFD or INGM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
US Foods	$37.88B	0.40	$494M	$2.02	32.18
Ingram Micro	$47.98B	0.08	$352.71M	N/A	N/A

Is USFD or INGM more profitable?

US Foods has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Ingram Micro's net margin of 0.00%. US Foods' return on equity of 15.03% beat Ingram Micro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.30%	15.03%	5.28%
Ingram Micro	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

US Foods beats Ingram Micro on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.