Sysco (SYY) 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 earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

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	0.50	$1.77B	$4.09	18.84
US Foods	$35.60B	0.35	$506M	$2.02	25.42

Is SYY or USFD more profitable?

Sysco has a net margin of 2.69% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.42%. Sysco's return on equity of 105.22% beat US Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sysco	2.69%	105.22%	9.13%
US Foods	1.42%	13.41%	4.65%

Which has more risk & volatility, SYY or USFD?

Sysco has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, US Foods has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SYY or USFD?

In the previous week, Sysco had 4 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sysco and 7 mentions for US Foods. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat US Foods' score of 0.58 indicating that Sysco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sysco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
US Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SYY or USFD?

Sysco currently has a consensus target price of $85.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. US Foods has a consensus target price of $54.92, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Sysco's 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SYY or USFD?

Sysco received 73 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.62% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 57.83% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sysco	Outperform Votes 491 57.83%	Underperform Votes 358 42.17%
US Foods	Outperform Votes 418 63.62%	Underperform Votes 239 36.38%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SYY or USFD?

83.4% of Sysco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of US Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sysco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of US Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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