Head-To-Head Comparison: Chefs’ Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) & Oriental Rise (NASDAQ:ORIS)

Chefs’ Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and Oriental Rise (NASDAQ:ORIS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Chefs’ Warehouse and Oriental Rise”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chefs’ Warehouse	$3.79 billion	0.72	$55.48 million	$1.60	41.64
Oriental Rise	$15.01 million	0.27	$2.09 million	N/A	N/A

Chefs’ Warehouse has higher revenue and earnings than Oriental Rise.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Chefs’ Warehouse and Oriental Rise, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chefs’ Warehouse	0	1	6	1	3.00
Oriental Rise	0	0	0	0	0.00

Chefs’ Warehouse currently has a consensus price target of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.57%. Given Chefs’ Warehouse’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chefs’ Warehouse is more favorable than Oriental Rise.

Profitability

This table compares Chefs’ Warehouse and Oriental Rise’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs’ Warehouse	1.76%	13.60%	3.90%
Oriental Rise	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.6% of Chefs’ Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Chefs’ Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chefs’ Warehouse beats Oriental Rise on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chefs’ Warehouse

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes specialty food and center-of-the-plate products in the United States, the Middle East, and Canada. The company’s product portfolio includes specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products; and center-of-the-plate products consisting of custom cut beef, seafood, and hormone-free poultry, as well as broadline food products comprising cooking oils, butter, eggs, milk, and flour. The company serves menu-driven independent restaurants, fine dining establishments, country clubs, hotels, caterers, culinary schools, bakeries, patisseries, chocolatiers, cruise lines, casinos, and specialty food stores. It markets its center-of-the-plate products directly to consumers through a mail and e-commerce platform. The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

About Oriental Rise

Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd. engages in the cultivation, processing, and sale of tea leaves and tea products. It operates through the Primarily-Processes Teas and Refined Teas segments. The company was founded by Chun Sun Wong, Wai Kwong Fong and Deming Zhou on January 25, 2019 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.