US Foods (NYSE:USFD – Get Free Report) and LQR House (NASDAQ:YHC – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for US Foods and LQR House, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| US Foods | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2.80 |
| LQR House | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
US Foods presently has a consensus price target of $114.85, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Given US Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe US Foods is more favorable than LQR House.
Profitability
This table compares US Foods and LQR House’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| US Foods | 1.81% | 20.53% | 6.32% |
| LQR House | -1,588.72% | -14.06% | -10.42% |
Volatility and Risk
US Foods has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LQR House has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares US Foods and LQR House”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| US Foods | $40.13 billion | 0.56 | $676.00 million | $3.25 | 31.88 |
| LQR House | $1.57 million | 2.07 | -$25.52 million | ($25.46) | -0.10 |
US Foods has higher revenue and earnings than LQR House. LQR House is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of LQR House shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
US Foods beats LQR House on 12 of the 15 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 LQR House
LQR House, Inc. provides digital marketing and brand development for alcoholic beverage space. It intends to integrate the supply, sales, and marketing facets of the alcoholic beverage space into one easy to use platform and become the one-stop-shop for everything related to alcohol. The company was founded on January 11, 2021 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, FL.
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