Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

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

Is CHEF or ANDE more profitable?

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.46% compared to Andersons' net margin of 1.01%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.90% beat Andersons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.46%	12.90%	3.54%
Andersons	1.01%	7.59%	3.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse received 109 more outperform votes than Andersons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Andersons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 419 62.54%	Underperform Votes 251 37.46%
Andersons	Outperform Votes 310 56.67%	Underperform Votes 237 43.33%

Do analysts recommend CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus target price of $67.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. Andersons has a consensus target price of $51.67, suggesting a potential upside of 45.42%. Given Andersons' 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Andersons	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$3.87B	0.64	$55.48M	$1.51	40.47
Andersons	$11.20B	0.11	$114.01M	$3.17	11.21

Which has more risk & volatility, CHEF or ANDE?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Andersons has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CHEF or ANDE?

In the previous week, Andersons had 3 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Andersons and 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Andersons' score of 0.48 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Andersons	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and 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, 4.3% of Andersons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats Andersons on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.