PFGC vs. USFD, CNM, SITE, AVT, GMS, WKC, ASPN, DSGR, GLP, and AMRK
Should you be buying Performance Food Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performance Food Group include US Foods (USFD), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Avnet (AVT), GMS (GMS), World Kinect (WKC), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Partners (GLP), and A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
US Foods received 11 more outperform votes than Performance Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.96% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Performance Food Group an outperform vote.
US Foods has a net margin of 1.41% compared to Performance Food Group's net margin of 0.72%. Performance Food Group's return on equity of 16.22% beat US Foods' return on equity.
Performance Food Group currently has a consensus target price of $80.57, suggesting a potential upside of 21.03%. US Foods has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.67%. Given Performance Food Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than US Foods.
96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
US Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Performance Food Group. Performance Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, US Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Performance Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for US Foods and 5 mentions for Performance Food Group. Performance Food Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat US Foods' score of 0.53 indicating that Performance Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
US Foods beats Performance Food Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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