Campbell's (CPB) Competitors

Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts recommend CPB or CHEF?

Campbell's presently has a consensus target price of $38.11, suggesting a potential upside of 21.14%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Campbell's	5 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CPB or CHEF?

Campbell's has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Campbell's 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
Campbell's	$9.64B	0.97	$567M	$1.51	20.83
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.79B	0.69	$55.48M	$1.60	40.36

Which has more risk & volatility, CPB or CHEF?

Campbell's has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CPB or CHEF?

In the previous week, Campbell's had 4 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Campbell's and 13 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Campbell's' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.87 indicating that Campbell's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Campbell's	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 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

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

52.4% of Campbell's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CPB or CHEF more profitable?

Campbell's has a net margin of 4.44% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Campbell's' return on equity of 23.22% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Campbell's	4.44%	23.22%	5.77%
Chefs' Warehouse	1.76%	13.60%	3.90%

Summary

Campbell's beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.