US Foods (NYSE:USFD – Get Free Report) and Top Wealth Group (NASDAQ:TWG – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
US Foods has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Top Wealth Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares US Foods and Top Wealth Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| US Foods | $37.88 billion | 0.49 | $494.00 million | $2.40 | 34.77 |
| Top Wealth Group | $4.75 million | 0.66 | -$2.02 million | N/A | N/A |
US Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Top Wealth Group.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
98.8% of US Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of US Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares US Foods and Top Wealth Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| US Foods | 1.43% | 17.71% | 5.88% |
| Top Wealth Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for US Foods and Top Wealth Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| US Foods | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2.82 |
| Top Wealth Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
US Foods presently has a consensus target price of $89.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Given US Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe US Foods is more favorable than Top Wealth Group.
Summary
US Foods beats Top Wealth Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About US Foods
US Foods Holding Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in marketing, sale, and distribution of fresh, frozen, and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers in the United States. The company's customers include independently owned single and multi-unit restaurants, regional concepts, national restaurant chains, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and motels, country clubs, government and military organizations, colleges and universities, and retail locations. The company was formerly known as USF Holding Corp. and changed its name to US Foods Holding Corp. in February 2016. US Foods Holding Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois.
About Top Wealth Group
Top Wealth Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides caviar and caviar-based gourmet products in Hong Kong and internationally. The company also trades in caviars; and offers its products under the Imperial Cristal Caviar brand name. It serves food and beverage related distributors. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Sai Wan, Hong Kong. Top Wealth Group Holding Limited operates as a subsidiary of Winwin Development Group Limited.
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