United Natural Foods (UNFI) Competitors $30.88 +0.52 (+1.71%) As of 05/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock UNFI vs. CHEF, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, WILC, DIT, PFGC, POST, DAR, and FMCShould you be buying United Natural Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Natural Foods include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Andersons (ANDE), SpartanNash (SPTN), Sysco (SYY), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Amcon Distributing (DIT), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Post (POST), Darling Ingredients (DAR), and FMC (FMC). United Natural Foods vs. Chefs' Warehouse Andersons SpartanNash Sysco G. Willi-Food International Amcon Distributing Performance Food Group Post Darling Ingredients FMC Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CHEF or UNFI? Chefs' Warehouse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Natural Foods. United Natural Foods 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 RatioChefs' Warehouse$3.87B0.69$55.48M$1.5143.25United Natural Foods$31.68B0.06-$112M-$1.37-22.54 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHEF or UNFI? United Natural Foods received 218 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.57% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave United Natural Foods an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformChefs' WarehouseOutperform Votes41862.57% Underperform Votes25037.43% United Natural FoodsOutperform Votes63655.30% Underperform Votes51444.70% Do analysts rate CHEF or UNFI? Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus target price of $67.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.20%. United Natural Foods has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.95%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than United Natural Foods.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Chefs' Warehouse 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00United Natural Foods 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.13 Which has more risk and volatility, CHEF or UNFI? Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Natural Foods has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals believe in CHEF or UNFI? 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is CHEF or UNFI more profitable? Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.46% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.30%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.90% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Chefs' Warehouse1.46% 12.90% 3.54% United Natural Foods -0.30%1.27%0.27% Does the media prefer CHEF or UNFI? In the previous week, United Natural Foods had 9 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for United Natural Foods and 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat United Natural Foods' score of 1.20 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Chefs' Warehouse 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive United Natural Foods 11 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryChefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get United Natural Foods News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UNFI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart UNFI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricUnited Natural FoodsGroceries, general line IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.87B$2.40B$17.54B$19.69BDividend YieldN/A2.38%3.07%3.84%P/E Ratio-19.6722.3616.6135.11Price / Sales0.060.214.6734.10Price / Cash5.8611.1316.3917.51Price / Book1.121.836.224.78Net Income-$112M$56.73M$734.35M$1.02B7 Day Performance8.39%2.55%0.25%0.90%1 Month Performance25.39%9.13%5.25%11.10%1 Year Performance176.95%67.53%-2.33%5.28% United Natural Foods Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)UNFIUnited Natural Foods2.4645 of 5 stars$30.88+1.7%$27.50-10.9%+177.0%$1.87B$31.68B-19.6730,300Positive NewsCHEFChefs' Warehouse1.4696 of 5 stars$61.790.0%$67.40+9.1%+67.9%$2.51B$3.87B47.174,120Positive NewsGap UpANDEAndersons4.7528 of 5 stars$35.91+3.6%$51.67+43.9%-30.3%$1.23B$11.20B10.822,280Positive NewsSPTNSpartanNash3.2711 of 5 stars$19.10flat$15.00-21.5%-2.8%$646.46M$9.55B-1,910.0016,500News CoverageSYYSysco4.8119 of 5 stars$71.91+1.6%$83.38+16.0%-1.8%$34.86B$80.79B18.4971,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastWILCG. Willi-Food International1.9234 of 5 stars$15.65+0.3%N/A+74.4%$217.13M$575.80M13.85180Positive NewsEarnings ReportDITAmcon DistributingN/A$117.00-1.5%N/AN/A$75.47M$2.79B19.631,220PFGCPerformance Food Group3.8724 of 5 stars$87.58+3.8%$95.55+9.1%+21.2%$13.67B$61.55B35.3135,000Gap UpPOSTPost4.0847 of 5 stars$109.03-1.5%$128.20+17.6%+5.3%$6.16B$7.93B17.9610,400Trending NewsHigh Trading VolumeDARDarling Ingredients4.0754 of 5 stars$35.51+4.3%$50.33+41.7%-21.4%$5.62B$5.68B20.5314,600Positive NewsGap UpFMCFMC4.594 of 5 stars$38.23+3.9%$49.46+29.4%-36.5%$4.78B$4.12B14.066,600Trending News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CHEF Competitors ANDE Competitors SPTN Competitors SYY Competitors WILC Competitors DIT Competitors PFGC Competitors POST Competitors DAR Competitors FMC Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:UNFI) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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