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Stocks/Sectors/Consumer Defensive/Food Distribution

Food Distribution Industry

Food Distribution industry analysis: EL7 Score and the best stocks ranked by value, profitability, and momentum.

Best Stocks in Food Distribution

Ranked among 6 stocks with a market cap above $500M. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank
Company
Price
Change
P/E
Fwd P/E
Value
Growth
Quality
Safety
Capital Return
EL7 Score
1/6
USFD
USFDUS Foods
$95.34-0.7%29.218.44080567558
85
2/6
SYY
SYYSysco
$83.21+1.1%22.716.95060784568
75
3/6
UNFI
UNFIUnited Natural Foods
$44.45+0.8%32.214.410035393589
70
4/6
PFGC
PFGCPerformance Food
$93.94-0.4%41.016.45595506526
65
5/6
CHEF
CHEFThe Chefs' Warehouse
$110.45+0.6%50.045.81555676037
40
6/6
AVO
AVOMission Produce
$13.01-1.7%712.916.43585115021
30

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

EL7 Score
62Balanced

79 of 151

P/E 34.4 vs period average 32.8 Richer than its history

Total stocks9
Total Market Cap$84B
Median P/E34.4x
Median Net Margin0.5%
Value
62
Growth
50
Quality
64
Safety
50
Capital Return
44
Momentum
64
Sentiment
52

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Recent Insider Buys

Insider purchases in the sector's stocks

AVOGlobalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd10% Owner$7.9M9 Jul
ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund
Exposure
Assets
Expense
Holdings
XLPState Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF100.0%$14B0.08%35
VDCVanguard Consumer Staples ETF97.9%$9B0.09%103

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.

Recent Analyst Ratings

Upgrades and downgrades on the sector's stocks

UNFIDeutsche BankHoldHold11 SepCHEFTD CowenBuyHold11 SepUNFIRoth MKMNeutralHold10 SepUNFIBMO CapitalOutperformHold9 SepUNFIUBSNeutralHold9 SepUNFIBTIGNeutralHold9 SepPFGCUBSBuyHold17 AugPFGCDeutsche BankBuyHold13 Aug