Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. vs Sysco Corporation, two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where SFM and SYY diverge most: on debt / equity, SFM reads 0.00 and SYY reads 5.58; on p/b, SFM reads 5.48 and SYY reads 17.86. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SFM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SYY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | SFM | SYY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $87.17 | $85.24 |
| Market cap | $8.2B | $41.0B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 16.7 | 23.6 |
| P/B | 5.48 | 17.86 |
| P/S | 0.91 | 0.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.5 | 13.9 |
| Revenue growth | +7.4% | +3.5% |
| Gross margin | 38.7% | 18.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 3.0% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 2.1% |
| Return on equity | 33.5% | 75.6% |
| Return on assets | 11.6% | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 33.1% | 15.2% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 5.58 |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.16 | 9.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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