Sysco (SYY) Competitors

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and Sysco (NYSE:SYY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USFD or SYY?

Sysco received 86 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.48% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 57.57% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
US Foods	Outperform Votes 393 62.48%	Underperform Votes 236 37.52%
Sysco	Outperform Votes 479 57.57%	Underperform Votes 353 42.43%

Which has better earnings and valuation, USFD or SYY?

Sysco has higher revenue and earnings than US Foods. Sysco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, 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
US Foods	$34.06 billion	0.27	$265 million	$1.39	28.74
Sysco	$68.64 billion	0.52	$1.36 billion	$3.02	23.42

Do analysts prefer USFD or SYY?

US Foods presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.14%. Sysco has a consensus target price of $87.27, indicating a potential upside of 23.41%. Given Sysco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sysco is more favorable than US Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sysco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the media refer more to USFD or SYY?

In the previous week, US Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Sysco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for US Foods and 4 mentions for Sysco. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Sysco's score of 0.97 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
US Foods	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sysco	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in USFD or SYY?

97.1% of US Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Sysco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of US Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Sysco shares are held by company 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 USFD or SYY more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.05% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.02%. Sysco's return on equity of 141.53% beat US Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.02%	13.91%	4.24%
Sysco	2.05%	141.53%	8.75%

Which has more risk and volatility, USFD or SYY?

US Foods has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sysco beats US Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.