Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CHEF or VITL?

Chefs' Warehouse has higher revenue and earnings than Vital Farms. Vital Farms 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	$3.79B	0.72	$55.48M	$1.60	42.14
Vital Farms	$606.31M	2.59	$53.39M	$1.12	31.49

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

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Vital Farms shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Vital Farms shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CHEF or VITL more profitable?

Vital Farms has a net margin of 8.26% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Vital Farms' return on equity of 19.53% 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	8.26%	19.53%	14.63%

Does the media prefer CHEF or VITL?

In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 11 more articles in the media than Vital Farms. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 16 mentions for Vital Farms. Vital Farms' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.74 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vital Farms	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, 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.

Do analysts prefer CHEF or VITL?

Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus price target of $70.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.42%. Vital Farms has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.75%. Given Vital Farms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vital Farms 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
Vital Farms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Summary

Vital Farms beats Chefs' Warehouse on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.