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SYY vs. CHEF, IPAR, PPC, FLO, INGR, LW, MED, PFGC, UNFI, and USFD

Should you be buying Sysco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sysco include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Interparfums (IPAR), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Flowers Foods (FLO), Ingredion (INGR), Lamb Weston (LW), Medifast (MED), Performance Food Group (PFGC), United Natural Foods (UNFI), and US Foods (USFD).

Sysco vs. Its Competitors

Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Sysco has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sysco presently has a consensus price target of $85.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $70.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.09%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Sysco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sysco
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sysco has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Sysco's return on equity of 109.52% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sysco2.25% 109.52% 8.37%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

83.4% of Sysco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sysco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sysco has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sysco$81.37B0.48$1.83B$3.7321.53
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.69$55.48M$1.6039.97

In the previous week, Sysco had 17 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Sysco and 5 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.90 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sysco
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SYY vs. The Competition

MetricSyscoFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.49B$8.22B$15.89B$20.70B
Dividend Yield2.73%3.53%3.19%3.67%
P/E Ratio21.5322.1218.6328.65
Price / Sales0.481.7845.5468.99
Price / Cash11.6912.1214.4923.59
Price / Book21.243.655.724.32
Net Income$1.83B$401.57M$690.19M$995.66M
7 Day Performance0.52%1.04%0.96%1.91%
1 Month Performance4.91%4.04%-0.93%-0.54%
1 Year Performance6.27%-1.01%5.14%14.76%

Sysco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYY
Sysco
4.5736 of 5 stars
$80.29
-1.4%
$85.69
+6.7%
+6.7%$39.49B$81.37B21.5376,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
2.7021 of 5 stars
$62.68
+0.7%
$67.40
+7.5%
+74.1%$2.55B$3.87B41.515,029
IPAR
Interparfums
4.3826 of 5 stars
$125.09
+3.3%
$162.00
+29.5%
-11.7%$4.02B$1.45B24.34530Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0724 of 5 stars
$47.65
-0.4%
$48.67
+2.1%
+13.3%$11.30B$17.98B9.4061,600Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5624 of 5 stars
$16.25
-0.1%
$19.00
+16.9%
-27.8%$3.43B$5.10B15.0510,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
INGR
Ingredion
4.7153 of 5 stars
$131.59
-1.1%
$151.40
+15.1%
-0.1%$8.46B$7.36B13.8811,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
LW
Lamb Weston
4.6817 of 5 stars
$59.32
-2.5%
$67.40
+13.6%
-10.4%$8.26B$6.45B23.6310,100Positive News
MED
Medifast
4.0807 of 5 stars
$14.58
-2.1%
$16.50
+13.2%
-35.9%$160.23M$602.46M-22.43870Earnings Report
PFGC
Performance Food Group
3.8935 of 5 stars
$99.43
+0.6%
$100.31
+0.9%
+52.2%$15.52B$58.28B41.4337,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.5543 of 5 stars
$28.50
+1.0%
$28.13
-1.3%
+104.6%$1.73B$32.24B-24.7828,333Positive News
USFD
US Foods
4.1944 of 5 stars
$83.04
+0.9%
$77.42
-6.8%
+57.0%$19.21B$38.28B38.0930,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SYY) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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