Sysco (SYY) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHEF or SYY?

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

Which has preferable 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	0.58	$55.48M	$1.31	41.36
Sysco	$80.57B	0.43	$1.96B	$3.89	18.13

Which has more risk & volatility, CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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%

Do analysts recommend CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus target price of $67.60, suggesting a potential upside of 24.76%. Sysco has a consensus target price of $84.77, suggesting a potential upside of 20.20%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Does the media favor CHEF or SYY?

In the previous week, Sysco had 23 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Sysco and 7 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.03 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sysco	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.