Sysco (SYY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus price target of $67.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Sysco has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.86%. Given Sysco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sysco is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 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

Is CHEF or SYY more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.36% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.65%. Sysco's return on equity of 107.96% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.65%	13.15%	3.70%
Sysco	2.36%	107.96%	8.43%

Does the media prefer CHEF or SYY?

In the previous week, Sysco had 12 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sysco and 3 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.21 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sysco	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	0.68	$55.48M	$1.51	42.03
Sysco	$78.84B	0.48	$1.96B	$3.86	20.12

Which has more volatility & risk, CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.