SpartanNash (SPTN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPTN or CHEF?

Chefs' Warehouse received 159 more outperform votes than SpartanNash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.57% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 49.15% of users gave SpartanNash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SpartanNash	Outperform Votes 259 49.15%	Underperform Votes 268 50.85%
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 418 62.57%	Underperform Votes 250 37.43%

Which has preferable earnings and 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SpartanNash	$9.55B	0.07	$300K	-$0.01	-1,965.00
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.79B	0.64	$55.48M	$1.31	44.96

Which has more volatility & risk, SPTN or CHEF?

SpartanNash has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SPTN or CHEF?

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

Is SPTN or CHEF more profitable?

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.46% compared to SpartanNash's net margin of 0.00%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.90% beat SpartanNash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SpartanNash	N/A	8.98%	2.83%
Chefs' Warehouse	1.46%	12.90%	3.54%

Do analysts prefer SPTN or CHEF?

SpartanNash currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.66%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $67.60, suggesting a potential upside of 14.77%. 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)	2.00
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor SPTN or CHEF?

In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 18 more articles in the media than SpartanNash. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 4 mentions for SpartanNash. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat SpartanNash's score of 0.85 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chefs' Warehouse	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats SpartanNash on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.