USFD vs. TEL, FERG, WSO.B, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, REZI, and GMS
Should you be buying US Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of US Foods include TE Connectivity (TEL), Ferguson (FERG), Watsco (WSO.B), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), and GMS (GMS). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
US Foods vs.
US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
TE Connectivity received 207 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.27% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote.
98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of US Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity 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.
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.
US Foods has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
US Foods currently has a consensus target price of $76.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.00%. TE Connectivity has a consensus target price of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.57%. Given US Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe US Foods is more favorable than TE Connectivity.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 6 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TE Connectivity and 9 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat TE Connectivity's score of 1.28 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TE Connectivity has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats US Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:USFD) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
