Financial Review: Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) versus Dominos Pizza UK (OTCMKTS:DPUKY)

Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) and Dominos Pizza UK (OTCMKTS:DPUKY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Performance Food Group and Dominos Pizza UK”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Performance Food Group	$58.28 billion	0.23	$435.90 million	$2.40	35.81
Dominos Pizza UK	$849.18 million	1.53	$115.27 million	N/A	N/A

Performance Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dominos Pizza UK.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Performance Food Group	0.61%	16.17%	4.41%
Dominos Pizza UK	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominos Pizza UK has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Performance Food Group shares are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Performance Food Group and Dominos Pizza UK, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Performance Food Group	0	4	9	1	2.79
Dominos Pizza UK	1	0	0	0	1.00

Performance Food Group currently has a consensus price target of $100.08, indicating a potential upside of 16.44%. Given Performance Food Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than Dominos Pizza UK.

Summary

Performance Food Group beats Dominos Pizza UK on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 Dominos Pizza UK

Domino’s Pizza Group plc owns, operates, and franchises Domino’s Pizza stores. It operates stores in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, as well as leases its stores. The company was formerly known as Domino’s Pizza UK & IRL plc and changed its name to Domino’s Pizza Group plc in May 2012. Domino’s Pizza Group plc was founded in 1960 and is based in Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom.