UNFI vs. CHEF, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, WILC, DIT, PFGC, FMC, OLLI, and CELH
Should 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), Amcon Distributing (DIT), Performance Food Group (PFGC), FMC (FMC), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), and Celsius (CELH).
United Natural Foods vs.
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 community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 7 more articles in the media than United Natural Foods. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 2 mentions for United Natural Foods. United Natural Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.47 indicating that United Natural Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Natural Foods has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Natural Foods received 221 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.24% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 55.24% of users gave United Natural Foods an outperform vote.
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.
United Natural Foods currently has a consensus price target of $25.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.69%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $53.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.65%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than United Natural Foods.
Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.28% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.30%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.67% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.
Summary
Chefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UNFI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
