AMCON Distributing Company (DIT) vs United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI)

AMCON Distributing Company and United Natural Foods, Inc. are both Food Distribution companies. United Natural Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.8B against $65.9M — 42.2× the size. United Natural Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 33.0× against 34.8×. AMCON Distributing Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.48% against −1.99%. United Natural Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.27% vs 0.06%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.17% vs 2.90%). Across the 22 metrics below, United Natural Foods, Inc. leads on 16 and AMCON Distributing Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric DIT UNFI Food Distribution median
P/E 34.77 32.99 32.99
P/S 0.02 0.09 0.21
P/B 0.54 1.72 1.70
Price to free cash flow 7.41 7.34 19.69
EV/EBITDA 10.13 8.41 11.13
EV/Sales 0.08 0.14 0.31
Earnings yield 2.88% 3.03% 2.88%
Free cash flow yield 13.49% 13.62% 3.78%

Profitability

Metric DIT UNFI Food Distribution median
Gross margin 6.28% 13.47% 16.55%
Operating margin 0.44% 0.68% 1.79%
Net margin 0.06% 0.27% 0.53%
Free cash flow margin 0.28% 1.22% 1.37%
Return on equity 1.57% 5.29% 6.48%
Return on assets 0.45% 1.14% 1.55%
Return on invested capital 2.90% 4.17% 4.16%

Growth

Metric DIT UNFI Food Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.48% (1.99%) 3.83%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (87.13%) 168.72% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.11% 2.94% 10.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (36.58%) (10.83%) 0.00%

Health

Metric DIT UNFI Food Distribution median
Debt to equity 1.50 0.97 0.97
Current ratio 2.75 1.29 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA 6.37 2.99 2.90

Dividend

Metric DIT UNFI Food Distribution median
Dividend yield 0.37% — 2.55%
Payout ratio 0.03 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric DIT UNFI Food Distribution median
Market cap 65.94m 2.78b 1.71b

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