Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CHEF or ANDE?

Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Andersons 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	$3.43B	0.45	$34.59M	$0.87	45.13
Andersons	$14.75B	0.12	$101.19M	$3.54	14.14

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse received 106 more outperform votes than Andersons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.89% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Andersons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 406 61.89%	Underperform Votes 250 38.11%
Andersons	Outperform Votes 300 56.71%	Underperform Votes 229 43.29%

Does the media favor CHEF or ANDE?

In the previous week, Andersons had 1 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Andersons and 2 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Andersons' score of 0.85 indicating that Andersons is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Andersons	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andersons has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CHEF or ANDE?

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Andersons shares are held 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.

Is CHEF or ANDE more profitable?

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 0.98% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 0.89%. Andersons' return on equity of 12.30% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	0.98%	12.30%	3.24%
Andersons	0.89%	7.93%	3.27%

Do analysts rate CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.26%. Andersons has a consensus price target of $62.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.83%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Andersons 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Andersons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats Andersons on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.