US Foods (USFD) Competitors

TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts rate TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity currently has a consensus price target of $159.55, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. US Foods has a consensus price target of $71.09, suggesting a potential upside of 6.81%. Given TE Connectivity's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than US Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TE Connectivity	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Does the media prefer TEL or USFD?

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 6 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for TE Connectivity and 15 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat TE Connectivity's score of 0.96 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TE Connectivity	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
US Foods	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TEL or USFD more profitable?

TE Connectivity has a net margin of 20.15% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.54%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 18.48% beat US Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TE Connectivity	20.15%	18.48%	10.20%
US Foods	1.54%	14.15%	5.05%

Which has more risk and volatility, TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity received 210 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TE Connectivity	Outperform Votes 648 69.68%	Underperform Votes 282 30.32%
US Foods	Outperform Votes 438 64.32%	Underperform Votes 243 35.68%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than US Foods. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, 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
TE Connectivity	$15.85B	2.79	$3.19B	$10.27	14.40
US Foods	$35.60B	0.44	$506M	$2.33	28.57

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TEL or USFD?

91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by 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.

Summary

TE Connectivity beats US Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.