Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Competitors

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend CHEF or VITL?

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus price target of $70.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Vital Farms has a consensus price target of $48.20, suggesting a potential downside of 5.38%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Vital Farms.

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
Vital Farms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CHEF or VITL more profitable?

Vital Farms has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Vital Farms' return on equity of 18.40% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.76%	13.60%	3.90%
Vital Farms	7.84%	18.40%	13.65%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHEF or VITL?

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Vital Farms shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Vital Farms shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CHEF or VITL?

In the previous week, Vital Farms had 11 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vital Farms and 4 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Vital Farms' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.01 indicating that Vital Farms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vital Farms	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CHEF or VITL?

Chefs' Warehouse has higher revenue and earnings than Vital Farms. Chefs' Warehouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Farms, 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	$3.79B	0.69	$55.48M	$1.60	40.05
Vital Farms	$606.31M	3.75	$53.39M	$1.12	45.48

Which has more risk and volatility, CHEF or VITL?

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Farms has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vital Farms beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.