Sysco (SYY) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SYY or CHEF?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SYY or CHEF?

Sysco presently has a consensus target price of $83.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.80%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. Given Sysco's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sysco is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SYY or CHEF?

Sysco received 112 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.54% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sysco	Outperform Votes 531 59.07%	Underperform Votes 368 40.93%
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 419 62.54%	Underperform Votes 251 37.46%

Which has more volatility & risk, SYY or CHEF?

Sysco has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SYY or CHEF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sysco	$80.79B	0.45	$1.96B	$3.86	19.23
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.87B	0.65	$55.48M	$1.51	40.71

Does the media favor SYY or CHEF?

In the previous week, Sysco had 17 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sysco and 3 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.54 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sysco	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Chefs' Warehouse	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SYY or CHEF more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.40% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.46%. Sysco's return on equity of 106.30% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sysco	2.40%	106.30%	8.63%
Chefs' Warehouse	1.46%	12.90%	3.54%

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.