Sysco (SYY) Competitors

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and Sysco (NYSE:SYY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CHEF or SYY?

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Sysco shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sysco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus price target of $67.60, suggesting a potential upside of 24.96%. Sysco has a consensus price target of $84.77, suggesting a potential upside of 17.53%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Sysco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sysco	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk & volatility, CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHEF or SYY more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.40% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.46%. Sysco's return on equity of 106.30% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.46%	12.90%	3.54%
Sysco	2.40%	106.30%	8.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHEF or SYY?

Sysco received 108 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.52% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 417 62.52%	Underperform Votes 250 37.48%
Sysco	Outperform Votes 525 58.99%	Underperform Votes 365 41.01%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CHEF or SYY?

Sysco has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, 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
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.79B	0.58	$55.48M	$1.31	41.30
Sysco	$80.57B	0.44	$1.96B	$3.89	18.54

Does the media refer more to CHEF or SYY?

In the previous week, Sysco had 26 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Sysco and 4 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Sysco's score of 1.16 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sysco	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse and Sysco tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.