Sysco (SYY) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, USFD or SYY?

US Foods has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sysco has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer USFD or SYY?

In the previous week, US Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Sysco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for US Foods and 9 mentions for Sysco. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Sysco's score of 0.65 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
US Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sysco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in USFD or SYY?

98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.4% of Sysco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Sysco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate USFD or SYY?

US Foods currently has a consensus target price of $54.92, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Sysco has a consensus target price of $85.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.17%. Given US Foods' higher probable 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Sysco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor USFD or SYY?

Sysco received 73 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.62% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
US Foods	Outperform Votes 418 63.62%	Underperform Votes 239 36.38%
Sysco	Outperform Votes 491 57.83%	Underperform Votes 358 42.17%

Which has stronger 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	$35.60B	0.35	$506M	$2.02	24.85
Sysco	$76.32B	0.49	$1.77B	$4.09	18.44

Is USFD or SYY more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Sysco's net margin of 1.42%. US Foods' return on equity of 105.22% beat Sysco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.42%	13.41%	4.65%
Sysco	2.69%	105.22%	9.13%

Summary

Sysco beats US Foods on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.