US Foods (USFD) Competitors

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, USFD or AMP?

US Foods has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor USFD or AMP?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 34 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 14 mentions for US Foods. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat US Foods' score of 1.42 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
US Foods	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameriprise Financial	41 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, USFD or AMP?

Ameriprise Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than US Foods. Ameriprise Financial 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	$37.88B	0.46	$494M	$2.34	33.35
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	2.82	$3.40B	$32.14	16.05

Is USFD or AMP more profitable?

Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.43%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat US Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.43%	16.86%	5.70%
Ameriprise Financial	18.30%	65.90%	2.02%

Do analysts recommend USFD or AMP?

US Foods currently has a consensus price target of $80.55, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus price target of $534.71, suggesting a potential upside of 3.66%. Given Ameriprise Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ameriprise Financial 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
Ameriprise Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in USFD or AMP?

98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of US Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats US Foods on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.