US Foods (USFD) Competitors

TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity presently has a consensus price target of $160.30, suggesting a potential downside of 1.35%. US Foods has a consensus price target of $74.18, suggesting a potential downside of 3.36%. Given TE Connectivity's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than US Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TE Connectivity	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TEL or USFD?

91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of US Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than US Foods. US Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TE Connectivity, 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
TE Connectivity	$16.03B	3.01	$3.19B	$4.55	35.71
US Foods	$38.28B	0.46	$494M	$2.18	35.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEL or USFD?

TE Connectivity received 210 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TE Connectivity	Outperform Votes 664 69.31%	Underperform Votes 294 30.69%
US Foods	Outperform Votes 454 65.04%	Underperform Votes 244 34.96%

Is TEL or USFD more profitable?

TE Connectivity has a net margin of 12.10% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.30%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 18.82% beat US Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TE Connectivity	12.10%	18.82%	10.31%
US Foods	1.30%	15.03%	5.28%

Does the media favor TEL or USFD?

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 20 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for TE Connectivity and 24 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat TE Connectivity's score of 1.01 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TE Connectivity	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
US Foods	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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