UNFI vs. CHEF, ARKO, LND, CVGW, TPB, CRESY, DJCO, OTLY, WALD, and AFRI
Should you be buying United Natural Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Natural Foods include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Arko (ARKO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Turning Point Brands (TPB), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Daily Journal (DJCO), Oatly Group (OTLY), Waldencast (WALD), and Forafric Global (AFRI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
United Natural Foods received 226 more outperform votes than Chefs' Warehouse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.93% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave United Natural Foods an outperform vote.
Chefs' Warehouse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Natural Foods. United Natural Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Natural Foods has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 2 more articles in the media than United Natural Foods. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 7 mentions for United Natural Foods. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat United Natural Foods' score of 0.12 indicating that United Natural Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus target price of $47.67, indicating a potential upside of 42.03%. United Natural Foods has a consensus target price of $13.40, indicating a potential upside of 46.77%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United Natural Foods is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.
91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of United Natural Foods shares are held 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.
Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of -0.38%. United Natural Foods' return on equity of 12.30% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.
Summary
Chefs' Warehouse beats United Natural Foods on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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