PFGC vs. WING, KMX, TXRH, PAG, BBWI, BURL, CASY, FBIN, TPR, and LEVI
Should you be buying Performance Food Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performance Food Group include Wingstop (WING), CarMax (KMX), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Burlington Stores (BURL), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Tapestry (TPR), and Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) and Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Wingstop had 10 more articles in the media than Performance Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Wingstop and 8 mentions for Performance Food Group. Wingstop's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Performance Food Group's score of 0.49 indicating that Performance Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wingstop received 150 more outperform votes than Performance Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.03% of users gave Performance Food Group an outperform vote while only 61.20% of users gave Wingstop an outperform vote.
Performance Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wingstop. Performance Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wingstop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wingstop has a net margin of 15.25% compared to Wingstop's net margin of 0.74%. Wingstop's return on equity of 16.77% beat Performance Food Group's return on equity.
Wingstop has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Wingstop shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wingstop presently has a consensus target price of $294.17, suggesting a potential downside of 23.11%. Performance Food Group has a consensus target price of $81.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.01%. Given Wingstop's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than Wingstop.
Summary
Performance Food Group beats Wingstop on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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