Performance Food vs United Natural Foods
PFGC and UNFI side by side, both in groceries and related products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PFGC and UNFI compare
Performance Food is the larger company, worth 5.6 times as much as United Natural Foods ($15.6B against $2.8B).
On earnings, United Natural Foods is cheaper: it trades at 34.2× trailing earnings, against 43.3× for Performance Food.
Performance Food grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.2% versus −2.0% for United Natural Foods).
Performance Food keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 0.53% compared with 0.27% at United Natural Foods.
United Natural Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 9 for Performance Food), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PFGC | UNFI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $15.6B | $2.8B |
| Share price | $99.05 | $45.87 |
| Change, 1 year | 0.70% | 19.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 104% | −8.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.97 | 1.28 |
| Employees | 44K | 23K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 10 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 43.3× | 34.2× (better) |
| P/S | 0.2× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 3.2× | 1.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1× | 5.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.2× | 8.6× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.69 |
| FCF yield | 6.6% | 11.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $86.47 | $45.95 |
| Margin of safety | −14.5% | 0.17% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.2% (better) | −2.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 17.4% (better) | 2.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 5.6% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 5.0% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 50.2% (better) | −11.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 13.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | 1.3% (better) | 0.68% |
| Net margin | 0.53% (better) | 0.27% |
| FCF margin | 1.5% (better) | 1.0% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% (better) | 5.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | 7.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.02 | 0.00 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.89 (better) | −0.07 |
| Interest coverage | 2.1× (better) | 1.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.51 (better) | 1.29 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.74 | 5.12 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.01% | 1.8% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.01% | 1.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 101% | 94.7% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 4.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$28.0M | −$661K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.2% | 5.9% |
Go deeper
- PFGC stock overview
- PFGC income statement
- PFGC valuation and score
- UNFI stock overview
- UNFI income statement
- UNFI valuation and score
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