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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

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

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
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.66$55.48M$1.6038.56
Sysco$81.37B0.49$1.83B$3.7322.04

Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.91%. Sysco has a consensus target price of $85.69, suggesting a potential upside of 4.26%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Sysco.

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

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
Chefs' Warehouse1.76% 13.60% 3.90%
Sysco 2.25%109.52%8.37%

In the previous week, Sysco had 17 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sysco and 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.04 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Sysco shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sysco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 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

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$39.44B$8.21B$15.80B$21.71B
Dividend Yield2.62%3.73%3.15%3.52%
P/E Ratio22.0421.3617.7229.86
Price / Sales0.491.7748.1660.93
Price / Cash11.6812.6714.7224.72
Price / Book21.743.717.424.59
Net Income$1.83B$395.01M$674.86M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.21%0.41%1.04%0.64%
1 Month Performance2.48%-0.45%1.65%2.77%
1 Year Performance7.57%-7.64%-2.57%14.49%

Sysco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYY
Sysco
4.7466 of 5 stars
$82.19
+1.0%
$85.69
+4.3%
+7.9%$39.44B$81.37B22.0475,000Positive News
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.2214 of 5 stars
$66.17
+0.3%
$69.67
+5.3%
+54.3%$2.69B$3.79B41.365,029
IPAR
Interparfums
4.3595 of 5 stars
$106.71
-1.7%
$162.00
+51.8%
-15.6%$3.49B$1.45B21.38530Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.6481 of 5 stars
$43.63
-1.0%
$47.50
+8.9%
-5.5%$10.47B$17.88B8.4161,600Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.4926 of 5 stars
$13.76
-3.6%
$15.33
+11.4%
-43.6%$3.01B$5.10B13.2310,200
INGR
Ingredion
4.8154 of 5 stars
$126.25
-0.5%
$151.40
+19.9%
-9.6%$8.14B$7.43B12.3211,200Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.6724 of 5 stars
$56.51
-1.1%
$65.30
+15.6%
-16.4%$7.96B$6.45B22.5110,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MED
MEDIFAST
3.4899 of 5 stars
$13.98
+0.4%
$16.50
+18.0%
-25.1%$153M$602.46M43.69870
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.221 of 5 stars
$106.05
-0.2%
$109.67
+3.4%
+34.6%$16.63B$63.30B48.8743,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.1215 of 5 stars
$29.26
-1.3%
$28.13
-3.9%
+74.2%$1.80B$30.98B-25.4428,333Positive News
USFD
US Foods
4.2424 of 5 stars
$79.63
-0.3%
$81.27
+2.1%
+25.9%$17.98B$38.65B34.0330,000Positive News

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