US Foods (USFD) Competitors

Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SYY or USFD?

83.4% of Sysco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sysco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SYY or USFD?

Sysco has higher revenue and earnings than US Foods. Sysco 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
Sysco	$77.51B	0.49	$1.77B	$4.09	18.84
US Foods	$35.60B	0.35	$506M	$2.02	25.42

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYY or USFD?

Sysco received 73 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.62% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sysco	Outperform Votes 491 57.83%	Underperform Votes 358 42.17%
US Foods	Outperform Votes 418 63.62%	Underperform Votes 239 36.38%

Does the media refer more to SYY or USFD?

In the previous week, Sysco had 7 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sysco and 6 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Sysco's score of 0.40 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sysco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
US Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, SYY or USFD?

Sysco has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SYY or USFD?

Sysco currently has a consensus target price of $85.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. US Foods has a consensus target price of $54.92, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given US Foods' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sysco is more favorable than US Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sysco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is SYY or USFD more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Sysco's net margin of 1.42%. US Foods' return on equity of 105.22% beat Sysco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sysco	2.69%	105.22%	9.13%
US Foods	1.42%	13.41%	4.65%

Summary

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