UNFI vs. CHEF, MED, ANDE, SPTN, SYY, LANC, FRPT, FLO, NOMD, and JJSF
Should you be buying United Natural Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Natural Foods include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Medifast (MED), Andersons (ANDE), SpartanNash (SPTN), Sysco (SYY), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Freshpet (FRPT), Flowers Foods (FLO), Nomad Foods (NOMD), and J & J Snack Foods (JJSF).
United Natural Foods vs. Its Competitors
United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Chefs' Warehouse has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, United Natural Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for United Natural Foods and 8 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. United Natural Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.61 indicating that United Natural Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.65% compared to United Natural Foods' net margin of -0.21%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 13.15% beat United Natural Foods' return on equity.
United Natural Foods presently has a consensus target price of $26.43, indicating a potential upside of 12.89%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.21%. Given United Natural Foods' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe United Natural Foods is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.
United Natural Foods has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:UNFI) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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