UNFI vs. CHEF, MED, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, POST, DAR, MZTI, BRBR, and FLO
Should you be buying United Natural Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Natural Foods include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Medifast (MED), Andersons (ANDE), SpartanNash (SPTN), Sysco (SYY), Post (POST), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Marzetti (MZTI), BellRing Brands (BRBR), and Flowers Foods (FLO).
United Natural Foods vs. Its Competitors
United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.76% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.21%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 13.60% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.
87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Natural Foods has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Natural Foods presently has a consensus target price of $28.13, indicating a potential downside of 0.49%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $69.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than United Natural Foods.
Chefs' Warehouse has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Natural Foods. United Natural Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 7 more articles in the media than United Natural Foods. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 5 mentions for United Natural Foods. United Natural Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.73 indicating that United Natural Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Chefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:UNFI) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
