Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is ANDE or CHEF more profitable?

Chefs' Warehouse has a net margin of 0.98% compared to Andersons' net margin of 0.89%. Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity of 12.30% beat Andersons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andersons	0.89%	7.93%	3.27%
Chefs' Warehouse	0.98%	12.30%	3.24%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Andersons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, 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
Andersons	$14.75B	0.12	$101.19M	$3.54	14.87
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.43B	0.45	$34.59M	$0.87	45.14

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANDE or CHEF?

Chefs' Warehouse received 106 more outperform votes than Andersons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.89% of users gave Chefs' Warehouse an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Andersons an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Andersons	Outperform Votes 300 56.71%	Underperform Votes 229 43.29%
Chefs' Warehouse	Outperform Votes 406 61.89%	Underperform Votes 250 38.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ANDE or CHEF?

87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Andersons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ANDE or CHEF?

Andersons presently has a consensus target price of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.73%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.23%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Andersons.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andersons	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer ANDE or CHEF?

In the previous week, Chefs' Warehouse had 2 more articles in the media than Andersons. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse and 6 mentions for Andersons. Andersons' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.33 indicating that Andersons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Andersons	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chefs' Warehouse	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats Andersons on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.