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SpartanNash (SPTN) Competitors

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$26.90 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 09/22/2025

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

Should you be buying SpartanNash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SpartanNash include United Natural Foods (UNFI), Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), 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 Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN).

SpartanNash vs. Its Competitors

SpartanNash (NASDAQ:SPTN) and United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) are both food distributors companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

SpartanNash has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Natural Foods has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

SpartanNash presently has a consensus target price of $18.45, suggesting a potential downside of 31.41%. United Natural Foods has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.37%. Given United Natural Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Natural Foods 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
United Natural Foods
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31

SpartanNash has a net margin of -0.16% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.37%. SpartanNash's return on equity of 8.19% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SpartanNash-0.16% 8.19% 2.41%
United Natural Foods -0.37%2.74%0.57%

84.6% of SpartanNash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SpartanNash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, United Natural Foods had 8 more articles in the media than SpartanNash. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for United Natural Foods and 0 mentions for SpartanNash. United Natural Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat SpartanNash's score of 0.00 indicating that United Natural Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SpartanNash Neutral
United Natural Foods Positive

SpartanNash has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Natural Foods. SpartanNash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Natural Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SpartanNash$9.69B0.09$300K-$0.48-56.04
United Natural Foods$31.78B0.08-$118M-$1.95-21.56

Summary

United Natural Foods beats SpartanNash on 11 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$910.78M$4.25B$26.97B$10.50B
Dividend Yield3.27%3.13%172.47%4.81%
P/E Ratio-56.0420.2319.4527.09
Price / Sales0.090.798.96210.72
Price / Cash5.2610.6362.7261.22
Price / Book1.223.475.086.52
Net Income$300K$125.01M$911.72M$276.75M
7 Day PerformanceN/A2.05%2.15%2.00%
1 Month Performance1.66%-2.53%-4.68%2.26%
1 Year Performance22.16%16.74%12.50%35.58%

SpartanNash Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPTN
SpartanNash
1.0688 of 5 stars
$26.90
flat
$18.45
-31.4%
N/A$910.78M$9.69B-56.0419,000
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.3758 of 5 stars
$41.39
+0.5%
$36.00
-13.0%
+90.6%$2.50B$31.78B-21.2325,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.7778 of 5 stars
$57.61
+0.9%
$69.67
+20.9%
+39.5%$2.33B$3.79B36.015,029
ANDE
Andersons
3.9143 of 5 stars
$42.02
+2.5%
$51.67
+23.0%
-3.7%$1.40B$11.26B17.882,299
SYY
Sysco
4.8613 of 5 stars
$78.21
-0.3%
$85.85
+9.8%
+6.0%$37.54B$81.37B20.9775,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NGVC
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
0.9048 of 5 stars
$38.12
+2.3%
N/A+39.8%$855.73M$1.24B20.284,145News Coverage
WILC
G. Willi-Food International
1.9424 of 5 stars
$21.05
+0.0%
N/A+71.4%$291.90M$157.88M11.26180Gap Down
FARM
Farmer Brothers
3.9856 of 5 stars
$1.73
-0.6%
$2.50
+44.5%
-12.6%$37.57M$342.28M-2.541,003News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.1881 of 5 stars
$100.79
+0.8%
$111.00
+10.1%
+21.7%$15.64B$63.30B46.4543,000News Coverage
Positive News
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
4.1151 of 5 stars
$106.59
+3.7%
$175.21
+64.4%
-4.2%$10.04B$7.72B21.9335,000Analyst Forecast
ZGN
Ermenegildo Zegna
1.4934 of 5 stars
$8.72
-1.7%
$9.94
+14.0%
+25.4%$3.61B$1.91B16.457,395Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:SPTN) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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