Mission Produce, Inc. (AVO) vs The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)

Mission Produce, Inc. and The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. are both Food Distribution companies. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.5B against $1.1B — 3.9× the size. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 45.8× against 329×. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against −6.18%. The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.09% vs 0.12%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.78% vs 1.27%). Across the 21 metrics below, The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. leads on 15 and Mission Produce, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AVO CHEF Food Distribution median
P/E 328.50 45.76 32.99
P/S 0.81 0.98 0.21
P/B 1.36 6.62 1.70
Price to free cash flow n/m 34.13 19.69
EV/EBITDA 22.34 19.07 11.13
EV/Sales 1.10 1.11 0.31
Earnings yield 0.30% 2.19% 2.88%
Free cash flow yield (0.18%) 2.93% 3.78%

Profitability

Metric AVO CHEF Food Distribution median
Gross margin 11.39% 24.46% 16.55%
Operating margin 1.79% 3.96% 1.79%
Net margin 0.12% 2.09% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin (0.15%) 2.86% 1.37%
Return on equity 0.23% 15.25% 6.48%
Return on assets 0.12% 4.68% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 1.27% 8.78% 4.16%

Growth

Metric AVO CHEF Food Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) (6.18%) 11.16% 3.83%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.92% 27.27% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.04% 30.14% 10.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.53% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AVO CHEF Food Distribution median
Debt to equity 0.53 1.12 0.97
Current ratio 1.92 2.15 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 0.57 2.81 2.90

Dividend

Metric AVO CHEF Food Distribution median
Dividend yield — — 2.55%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AVO CHEF Food Distribution median
Market cap 1.14b 4.50b 1.71b

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