United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) versus Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) Head-To-Head Contrast

Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) and United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Cuisine Solutions and United Natural Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cuisine Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00
United Natural Foods	1	7	3	0	2.18

United Natural Foods has a consensus price target of $38.78, indicating a potential downside of 4.73%. Given United Natural Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Natural Foods is more favorable than Cuisine Solutions.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and United Natural Foods”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Natural Foods	$31.78 billion	0.08	-$118.00 million	($1.66)	-24.52

Cuisine Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Natural Foods.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 61.1% of Cuisine Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of United Natural Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Cuisine Solutions has a beta of -0.35, indicating that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Natural Foods has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and United Natural Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Natural Foods	-0.32%	4.35%	0.90%

Summary

United Natural Foods beats Cuisine Solutions on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cuisine Solutions

Cuisine Solutions, Inc. produces and markets various food products in the United States. Its products include beef, lamb, pork and veal, pastas, poultry, sauces, seafood, and vegetarian meals. The company offers its products to foodservice, on board services, retail, military, and national restaurant chain industries. Cuisine Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.

About United Natural Foods

United Natural Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes natural, organic, specialty, produce, and conventional grocery and non-food products in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Wholesale and Retail. The company offers grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, wellness and personal care items, and bulk and foodservice products. It also provides nuts, dried fruit, seeds, trail mixes, granola, natural and organic snack items, and confections under the Woodstock Farms Manufacturing name; organic, non-GMO project verified, and specialty food and non-food items under the Blue Marble brand name; pet food under the WILD HARVEST brand name; and various products under the ESSENTIAL EVERYDAY, SHOPPERS VALUE, Field Day, EQUALINE, CULINARY CIRCLE, and STONE RIDGE CREAMERY brand names. In addition, the company provides home, health and beauty care, and pharmacy products, as well as private label products through a network of Cub Foods and Shoppers retail grocery stores; and retail store support, pricing strategy, shelf and planogram management, advertising, couponing, ecommerce, consumer convenience, store design, equipment sourcing, electronic payments processing, network and data hosting, point-of-sale hardware and software, automation tools, sustainability, and administrative back-office solution services. Further, it offers consumer and trade marketing programs, and programs to support suppliers in understanding its markets. The company serves chains, independent retailers, and supernatural chains, as well as foodservice, ecommerce, conventional military business, and other sales customers. United Natural Foods, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.