SpartanNash (SPTN) Competitors $26.56 -0.02 (-0.08%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$26.57 +0.01 (+0.04%) As of 04:45 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock SPTN vs. CHEF, UNFI, ANDE, SYY, NGVC, WILC, FARM, PFGC, SFM, and PSMTShould you be buying SpartanNash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SpartanNash include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), United Natural Foods (UNFI), Andersons (ANDE), Sysco (SYY), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), and PriceSmart (PSMT). SpartanNash vs. Its Competitors Chefs' Warehouse United Natural Foods Andersons Sysco Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage G. Willi-Food International Farmer Brothers Performance Food Group Sprouts Farmers Market PriceSmart SpartanNash (NASDAQ:SPTN) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both food distributors companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership. Is SPTN or CHEF more profitable? Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.76% compared to SpartanNash's net margin of -0.11%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 13.60% beat SpartanNash's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets SpartanNash-0.11% 8.26% 2.51% Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90% Do analysts prefer SPTN or CHEF? SpartanNash presently has a consensus target price of $18.45, suggesting a potential downside of 30.53%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $70.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.16%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than SpartanNash.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score SpartanNash 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Chefs' Warehouse 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media favor SPTN or CHEF? In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 2 more articles in the media than SpartanNash. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 4 mentions for SpartanNash. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat SpartanNash's score of 0.31 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment SpartanNash 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Chefs' Warehouse 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has higher earnings & valuation, SPTN or CHEF? Chefs' Warehouse has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SpartanNash. SpartanNash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSpartanNash$9.55B0.09$300K-$0.32-83.00Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.67$55.48M$1.6039.23 Which has more volatility and risk, SPTN or CHEF? SpartanNash has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SPTN or CHEF? 84.6% of SpartanNash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SpartanNash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryChefs' Warehouse beats SpartanNash on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get SpartanNash News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPTN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPTN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SPTN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSpartanNashFOOD ITEMS IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$899.73M$4.71B$26.75B$9.70BDividend Yield3.31%3.27%172.89%4.14%P/E Ratio-83.0021.5526.9225.31Price / Sales0.090.8811.92103.45Price / Cash5.2012.7456.4458.50Price / Book1.213.785.616.01Net Income$300K$140.20M$874.58M$265.10M7 Day Performance0.19%1.06%1.19%1.13%1 Month Performance-0.04%1.19%-1.04%2.44%1 Year Performance37.69%39.95%20.99%27.98% SpartanNash Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SPTNSpartanNash2.4742 of 5 stars$26.56-0.1%$18.45-30.5%+37.8%$899.73M$9.55B-83.0019,000News CoverageUpcoming EarningsCHEFChefs' Warehouse2.738 of 5 stars$66.90-0.8%$70.40+5.2%+70.7%$2.73B$3.79B41.815,029Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeUNFIUnited Natural Foods3.4754 of 5 stars$26.29-2.7%$28.13+7.0%+100.9%$1.59B$30.98B-22.8628,333ANDEAndersons4.6466 of 5 stars$34.65-0.1%$51.67+49.1%-18.7%$1.18B$11.26B10.932,299SYYSysco4.6694 of 5 stars$79.45-0.5%$85.54+7.7%+5.6%$38.51B$81.37B21.3076,000Positive NewsNGVCNatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage1.5394 of 5 stars$37.40-2.3%N/A+59.4%$857.58M$1.24B21.014,145Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementWILCG. Willi-Food International2.5158 of 5 stars$22.36+5.7%N/A+129.3%$310.13M$157.88M16.09180News CoverageEarnings ReportGap UpHigh Trading VolumeFARMFarmer Brothers4.3157 of 5 stars$1.69+2.4%$4.50+166.3%-29.5%$36.44M$341.09M-2.491,003PFGCPerformance Food Group3.9171 of 5 stars$99.89-0.6%$100.31+0.4%+49.1%$15.59B$58.28B41.6237,000Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsSFMSprouts Farmers Market4.0502 of 5 stars$153.81-0.2%$171.53+11.5%+54.5%$15.03B$7.72B31.6535,000Analyst ForecastPSMTPriceSmart1.9071 of 5 stars$110.88+1.5%N/A+33.3%$3.41B$4.91B23.3912,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Chefs' Warehouse Competitors United Natural Foods Competitors Andersons Competitors Sysco Competitors Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Competitors G. 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