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 +3.5% and UNFI reads -3.2%; on net margin, SYY reads 2.1% and UNFI reads -0.1%. 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 | $85.24 | $50.90 |
| Market cap | $41.0B | $3.1B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 23.6 | — |
| P/B | 17.86 | 1.93 |
| P/S | 0.49 | 0.10 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.9 | 12.8 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | -3.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 13.6% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 0.8% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | -0.1% |
| Return on equity | 75.6% | -2.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | -0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.2% | 1.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 10.7% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 5.58 | 1.04 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.20 | 5.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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