Contrasting Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) & Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART)

Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Performance Food Group and Maplebear”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Performance Food Group	$67.84 billion	0.21	$359.30 million	$2.29	40.17
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	2.68	$447.00 million	$1.83	23.68

Maplebear has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Performance Food Group. Maplebear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Performance Food Group and Maplebear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Performance Food Group	0.53%	15.15%	3.87%
Maplebear	11.97%	20.19%	14.13%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Performance Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Maplebear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Performance Food Group has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Performance Food Group and Maplebear, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Performance Food Group	0	1	12	0	2.92
Maplebear	0	9	15	0	2.62

Performance Food Group presently has a consensus price target of $126.40, indicating a potential upside of 37.40%. Maplebear has a consensus price target of $56.14, indicating a potential upside of 29.54%. Given Performance Food Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than Maplebear.

About Performance Food Group

Performance Food Group Company, through its subsidiaries, markets and distributes food and food-related products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Foodservice, Vistar, and Convenience. The company offers a range of frozen foods, groceries, candy, snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and other tobacco products; beef, pork, poultry, and seafood; and health and beauty care products. It also sells disposables, cleaning and kitchen supplies, and related products. In addition, the company offers value-added services, such as product selection and procurement, menu development, and operational strategy. It serves independent and chain restaurants, schools, business and industry locations, hospitals, vending distributors, office coffee service distributors, retailers, convenience stores, theaters, hospitality providers, concessionaires, airport gift shops, college bookstores, corrections facilities, and impulse locations, as well as franchises and other institutional customers. Performance Food Group Company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

About Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.