USFD vs. SYY, SJM, CPB, CAG, ACI, TAP, LW, ELF, SCI, and COTY
Should you be buying US Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of US Foods include Sysco (SYY), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Lamb Weston (LW), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Service Co. International (SCI), and Coty (COTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and US Foods (NYSE:USFD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
83.4% of Sysco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sysco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of US Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sysco has a net margin of 2.69% compared to Sysco's net margin of 1.42%. US Foods' return on equity of 105.22% beat Sysco's return on equity.
Sysco presently has a consensus price target of $85.38, suggesting a potential upside of 4.19%. US Foods has a consensus price target of $54.42, suggesting a potential downside of 0.17%. Given US Foods' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sysco is more favorable than US Foods.
Sysco received 74 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.57% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.
Sysco has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Sysco had 2 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sysco and 5 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Sysco's score of 0.54 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sysco beats US Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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