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 analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, SYY or CHEF?

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

Do analysts prefer SYY or CHEF?

Sysco currently has a consensus price target of $83.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.06%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.48%. Given Sysco's higher probable upside, equities research 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SYY or CHEF?

In the previous week, Sysco had 18 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Sysco and 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Sysco's score of 1.52 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sysco	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Chefs' Warehouse	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.43	$1.96B	$3.86	18.53
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.87B	0.65	$55.48M	$1.51	41.15

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SYY or CHEF?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SYY or CHEF?

Sysco received 113 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.57% 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 418 62.57%	Underperform Votes 250 37.43%

Summary

Sysco beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.