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SPTN vs. CHEF, UNFI, ANDE, SYY, NGVC, WILC, FARM, PFGC, SFM, and SIG

Should 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 Signet Jewelers (SIG).

SpartanNash vs. Its Competitors

SpartanNash (NASDAQ:SPTN) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both food distributors companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 7 more articles in the media than SpartanNash. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 7 mentions for SpartanNash. SpartanNash's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.87 indicating that SpartanNash is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SpartanNash
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.76% compared to SpartanNash's net margin of -0.16%. 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-0.16% 8.19% 2.41%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

SpartanNash has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

84.6% of SpartanNash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of SpartanNash shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 Ratio
SpartanNash$9.55B0.10$300K-$0.48-55.97
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.69$55.48M$1.6040.00

SpartanNash presently has a consensus target price of $18.45, suggesting a potential downside of 31.32%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats SpartanNash on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPTN vs. The Competition

MetricSpartanNashFOOD ITEMS IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$909.65M$4.72B$26.75B$9.67B
Dividend Yield3.28%3.06%171.11%4.48%
P/E Ratio-55.9721.5027.2026.35
Price / Sales0.100.853.61112.92
Price / Cash5.2412.1417.3028.92
Price / Book1.223.835.066.08
Net Income$300K$126.53M$872.89M$265.75M
7 Day Performance0.32%-2.63%-0.49%-0.05%
1 Month Performance1.26%-1.13%4.82%5.82%
1 Year Performance21.62%22.97%15.21%17.97%

SpartanNash Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPTN
SpartanNash
2.9807 of 5 stars
$26.87
+0.2%
$18.45
-31.3%
+21.3%$909.65M$9.55B-55.9719,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.1868 of 5 stars
$63.14
+0.4%
$69.67
+10.3%
+47.4%$2.57B$3.79B39.465,029Positive News
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.3285 of 5 stars
$28.26
+1.2%
$28.13
-0.5%
+86.8%$1.71B$30.98B-24.5828,333Positive News
ANDE
Andersons
4.8403 of 5 stars
$40.90
+0.2%
$51.67
+26.3%
-19.8%$1.40B$11.26B17.402,299Positive News
SYY
Sysco
4.4478 of 5 stars
$80.51
+1.2%
$85.69
+6.4%
+3.3%$39.01B$81.37B21.5875,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
1.586 of 5 stars
$38.35
-0.5%
N/A+44.1%$882.59M$1.24B20.404,145Positive News
WILC
G. Willi-Food International
2.297 of 5 stars
$20.38
+0.6%
N/A+84.9%$284.27M$157.88M10.90180Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.2666 of 5 stars
$2.00
-0.5%
$4.50
+125.0%
-29.1%$43.11M$341.09M-2.941,003Positive News
High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.0637 of 5 stars
$101.35
+0.4%
$107.67
+6.2%
+35.8%$15.87B$63.30B46.7143,000Analyst Upgrade
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.9953 of 5 stars
$140.54
-0.6%
$173.73
+23.6%
+35.1%$13.73B$7.72B28.9235,000Positive News
SIG
Signet Jewelers
3.101 of 5 stars
$87.59
-2.5%
$88.86
+1.5%
+4.1%$3.62B$6.70B95.2027,595Trending News
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Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:SPTN) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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