United Natural Foods (UNFI) Competitors $22.84 +1.00 (+4.58%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends UNFI vs. CHEF, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, WILC, PFGC, LANC, FLO, BRFS, and PRMBShould you be buying United Natural Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Natural Foods include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Andersons (ANDE), SpartanNash (SPTN), Sysco (SYY), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), BRF (BRFS), and Primo Brands (PRMB). United Natural Foods vs. Chefs' Warehouse Andersons SpartanNash Sysco G. Willi-Food International Performance Food Group Lancaster Colony Flowers Foods BRF Primo Brands United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking. Is UNFI or CHEF more profitable? Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.28% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.36%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.67% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets United Natural Foods-0.36% 0.54% 0.12% Chefs' Warehouse 1.28%12.67%3.41% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, UNFI or CHEF? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioUnited Natural Foods$30.98B0.04-$112M-$1.89-12.08Chefs' Warehouse$3.43B0.51$34.59M$1.1438.56 Which has more volatility and risk, UNFI or CHEF? United Natural Foods has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UNFI or CHEF? United Natural Foods received 224 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.06% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave United Natural Foods an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformUnited Natural FoodsOutperform Votes63355.43% Underperform Votes50944.57% Chefs' WarehouseOutperform Votes40962.06% Underperform Votes25037.94% Do analysts rate UNFI or CHEF? United Natural Foods presently has a consensus target price of $18.40, indicating a potential downside of 19.44%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than United Natural Foods.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score United Natural Foods 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Chefs' Warehouse 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media refer more to UNFI or CHEF? In the previous week, United Natural Foods and United Natural Foods both had 3 articles in the media. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat United Natural Foods' score of 0.33 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment United Natural Foods 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Chefs' Warehouse 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UNFI or CHEF? 87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by company 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. SummaryChefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad WealthPressThis Bull Market Indicator called NVDA at $116Every now and again we find an investment idea so incredible we can’t help but share. And today is one of those rare days… Except, today we won't be giving you insight on any one particular stock… But rather, insight on a revolutionary new stock picking indicator… In fact, within the last year, this indicator has become famous for a multitude of reasons… But one of the biggest was because of the buy signal it issued on October 18th, 2022. In fact, on that very day, it said to buy NVDA at $116.37… Anyone who did would be sitting on a tremendously large return today… But even if you missed the original buy signal from October, this incredible indicator issued 11 other buy signals while Nvidia made its epic run…All you have to do is follow this link here Get United Natural Foods News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UNFI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart UNFI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricUnited Natural FoodsGroceries, general line IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.37B$2.44B$14.97B$19.88BDividend YieldN/A2.94%2.68%3.52%P/E Ratio-12.0819.3023.9742.94Price / Sales0.040.363.6819.18Price / Cash3.939.0019.1417.86Price / Book0.831.775.895.52Net Income-$112M$70.63M$581.83M$986.45M7 Day Performance6.73%6.63%0.02%0.45%1 Month Performance11.74%4.81%-3.10%1.05%1 Year Performance50.71%36.91%9.98%24.67% United Natural Foods Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)UNFIUnited Natural Foods2.8785 of 5 stars$22.84+4.6%$18.40-19.4%+49.4%$1.31B$30.98B-12.0828,333CHEFChefs' Warehouse2.4174 of 5 stars$43.96+4.9%$50.50+14.9%+66.1%$1.66B$3.43B38.564,873ANDEAndersons4.7781 of 5 stars$47.59+0.8%$65.00+36.6%-7.6%$1.61B$14.75B13.602,334SPTNSpartanNash4.7724 of 5 stars$18.17-0.3%$20.00+10.1%-17.6%$615.01M$9.73B13.6617,000Positive NewsSYYSysco4.7146 of 5 stars$73.63-1.0%$85.77+16.5%+3.3%$36.55B$78.84B18.9376,000Dividend AnnouncementInsider TradePositive NewsWILCG. Willi-Food International3.1373 of 5 stars$14.00+18.1%N/A+59.1%$164.32M$149.78M16.87180News CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumePFGCPerformance Food Group4.9272 of 5 stars$84.01+1.4%$94.27+12.2%+34.2%$13.09B$58.76B31.0037,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsLANCLancaster Colony4.6447 of 5 stars$179.50-0.1%$193.50+7.8%+7.2%$4.95B$1.87B31.063,400Analyst ForecastFLOFlowers Foods3.9867 of 5 stars$22.10+1.1%$22.67+2.6%+5.3%$4.60B$5.09B19.399,300Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeBRFSBRF3.7779 of 5 stars$4.25+1.0%$10.70+151.8%+47.6%$4.56B$9.53B9.8896,667Dividend IncreaseAnalyst UpgradePRMBPrimo Brands2.9289 of 5 stars$28.290.0%$33.00+16.6%N/A$4.54B$1.77B17.576,400Analyst ForecastPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CHEF Competitors ANDE Competitors SPTN Competitors SYY Competitors WILC Competitors PFGC Competitors LANC Competitors FLO Competitors BRFS Competitors PRMB Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:UNFI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. Big tech gian...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredMissed Nvidia? Watch this ASAPThis little-known project that Bill Gates has been quietly working on that’s about to unleash an AI breakthrou...Brownstone Research | SponsoredMusk’s new company could top a trillion?The investment legend who predicted the rise of Bitcoin, Facebook and streaming services like Netflix… Just...Paradigm Press | Sponsored24/7 Automated Profits in CryptoWhat if you could make consistent daily profits in crypto with minimal effort? Beyond trading lies a vast w...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredCrypto’s next big bull run?Juan Villaverde may be America’s top crypto expert. And he says something big is coming for crypto – on Nov...Weiss Ratings | Sponsored“This Changes Everything” - Trump Hands Millions Massive IRS GiftNow it's your time to return the favor by taking advantage of this tax "revenge loophole." Because even as ...Colonial Metals | SponsoredTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT abou...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredUnveiled: NVIDIA’s "Secret Royalty" ProgramDid you know that there's an investment that will give you the opportunity to collect "royalties" every time N...Behind the Markets | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding United Natural Foods, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share United Natural Foods With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Free UNFI Stock Alerts