US Foods (USFD) Competitors

Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SYY or USFD?

80.6% of Sysco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sysco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of US Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SYY or USFD?

Sysco has higher revenue and earnings than US Foods. Sysco 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
Sysco	$76.32B	0.47	$1.77B	$3.55	20.18
US Foods	$34.06B	0.31	$265M	$1.80	24.04

Does the media favor SYY or USFD?

In the previous week, Sysco had 8 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sysco and 2 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Sysco's score of 0.12 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sysco	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
US Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYY or USFD?

Sysco received 79 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sysco	Outperform Votes 486 57.58%	Underperform Votes 358 42.42%
US Foods	Outperform Votes 407 63.10%	Underperform Votes 238 36.90%

Which has more volatility & risk, SYY or USFD?

Sysco has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SYY or USFD?

Sysco currently has a consensus price target of $83.30, indicating a potential upside of 15.53%. US Foods has a consensus price target of $49.70, indicating a potential upside of 15.15%. Given US Foods' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sysco is more favorable than US Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sysco	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is SYY or USFD more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.35% compared to Sysco's net margin of 1.28%. US Foods' return on equity of 117.17% beat Sysco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sysco	2.35%	117.17%	9.21%
US Foods	1.28%	13.55%	4.53%

Summary

Sysco beats US Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.