Sysco Corporation vs UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where SYY and UNFI diverge most: on revenue growth, SYY reads +3.9% and UNFI reads -2.0%; on return on equity, SYY reads 65.9% and UNFI reads 5.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SYY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What UNFI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | SYY | UNFI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $78.16 | $44.53 |
| Market cap | $37.6B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +4.7% |
| P/E | 21.4 | — |
| P/B | 14.11 | 1.66 |
| P/S | 0.44 | 0.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +3.9% | -2.0% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 13.7% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 0.9% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 0.3% |
| Return on equity | 65.9% | 5.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 1.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.6% | 5.0% |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | 12.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 5.07 | 0.96 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.22 | 5.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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