Sysco (SYY) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders 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. 12.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sysco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CHEF or SYY more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.28%. Sysco's return on equity of 101.04% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.28%	12.67%	3.41%
Sysco	2.44%	101.04%	8.64%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHEF or SYY?

Sysco received 102 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.24% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 412 62.24%	Underperform Votes 250 37.76%
Sysco	Outperform Votes 514 58.54%	Underperform Votes 364 41.46%

Does the media prefer CHEF or SYY?

In the previous week, Sysco had 14 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sysco and 9 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.47 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sysco	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & 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	$3.71B	0.58	$34.59M	$1.14	47.50
Sysco	$78.84B	0.46	$1.96B	$3.89	18.89

Do analysts rate CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus target price of $53.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.65%. Sysco has a consensus target price of $85.79, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. Given Sysco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sysco	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more risk and volatility, CHEF or SYY?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.