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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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

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$81.37B0.47$1.83B$3.7321.34
Chefs' Warehouse$3.95B0.65$55.48M$1.6039.32

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%

Sysco currently has a consensus target price of $85.69, indicating a potential upside of 7.66%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $69.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.74%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

83.4% of Sysco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sysco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company 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 a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sysco had 19 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Sysco and 10 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.98 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sysco
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SYY vs. The Competition

MetricSyscoFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$38.58B$8.30B$16.06B$21.29B
Dividend Yield2.71%3.41%3.03%3.53%
P/E Ratio21.3422.4018.2929.36
Price / Sales0.471.7647.6952.76
Price / Cash11.4312.8114.7923.64
Price / Book21.063.435.835.38
Net Income$1.83B$401.69M$677.55M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-0.20%1.06%1.23%3.12%
1 Month Performance-0.95%-1.89%-1.69%2.98%
1 Year Performance3.81%-5.54%3.96%12.83%

Sysco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYY
Sysco
4.5799 of 5 stars
$79.59
-0.9%
$85.69
+7.7%
+5.4%$38.58B$81.37B21.3476,000Positive News
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
2.9317 of 5 stars
$61.80
+0.4%
$70.40
+13.9%
+52.0%$2.52B$3.79B38.635,029Analyst Forecast
IPAR
Interparfums
4.2769 of 5 stars
$113.02
+0.2%
$162.00
+43.3%
-6.5%$3.63B$1.45B22.65530News Coverage
Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0195 of 5 stars
$47.87
-0.2%
$49.00
+2.4%
+0.4%$11.37B$17.88B9.2261,600Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
3.9659 of 5 stars
$15.75
+0.4%
$15.33
-2.6%
-33.8%$3.33B$5.08B15.1410,200Dividend Announcement
INGR
Ingredion
4.8598 of 5 stars
$125.23
-0.6%
$151.40
+20.9%
-2.5%$8.04B$7.43B12.2211,200Positive News
Dividend Increase
LW
Lamb Weston
4.531 of 5 stars
$54.31
+0.3%
$67.40
+24.1%
-8.9%$7.57B$6.45B21.6410,100Positive News
MED
Medifast
3.2356 of 5 stars
$13.41
+1.7%
$16.50
+23.0%
-25.7%$147.40M$480.45M41.91870Analyst Revision
PFGC
Performance Food Group
3.8842 of 5 stars
$98.77
+0.7%
$106.00
+7.3%
+35.7%$15.46B$63.30B45.5243,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.4395 of 5 stars
$26.62
+0.5%
$28.13
+5.7%
+91.9%$1.61B$30.98B-23.1528,333Positive News
USFD
US Foods
4.5551 of 5 stars
$76.95
+0.8%
$80.55
+4.7%
+32.6%$17.33B$37.88B32.8830,000News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SYY) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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