Ingram Micro (INGM) Competitors

Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) and Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend PFGC or INGM?

Performance Food Group currently has a consensus price target of $100.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.33%. Ingram Micro has a consensus price target of $25.71, indicating a potential upside of 32.41%. Given Ingram Micro's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingram Micro is more favorable than Performance Food Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Performance Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Ingram Micro	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Does the media favor PFGC or INGM?

In the previous week, Ingram Micro had 4 more articles in the media than Performance Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ingram Micro and 5 mentions for Performance Food Group. Performance Food Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Ingram Micro's score of 0.34 indicating that Performance Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Performance Food Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingram Micro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PFGC or INGM?

Performance Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ingram Micro.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Performance Food Group	$61.55B	0.22	$435.90M	$2.40	36.47
Ingram Micro	$48.93B	0.09	$352.71M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PFGC or INGM?

96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ingram Micro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PFGC or INGM more profitable?

Performance Food Group has a net margin of 0.64% compared to Ingram Micro's net margin of 0.00%. Performance Food Group's return on equity of 16.58% beat Ingram Micro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Performance Food Group	0.64%	16.58%	4.75%
Ingram Micro	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PFGC or INGM?

Performance Food Group received 419 more outperform votes than Ingram Micro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.28% of users gave Performance Food Group an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Ingram Micro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Performance Food Group	Outperform Votes 439 64.28%	Underperform Votes 244 35.72%
Ingram Micro	Outperform Votes 20 62.50%	Underperform Votes 12 37.50%

Summary

Performance Food Group beats Ingram Micro on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.