Contrasting Drinks Americas (OTCMKTS:DKAM) & Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC)

Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) and Drinks Americas (OTCMKTS:DKAM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Performance Food Group and Drinks Americas”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Performance Food Group	$63.30 billion	0.26	$340.20 million	$2.17	48.07
Drinks Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Performance Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than Drinks Americas.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Performance Food Group	0.54%	16.23%	4.22%
Drinks Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Performance Food Group and Drinks Americas, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Performance Food Group	0	3	8	1	2.83
Drinks Americas	0	0	0	0	0.00

Performance Food Group presently has a consensus price target of $111.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.40%. Given Performance Food Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than Drinks Americas.

Insider & Institutional 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Drinks Americas has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Performance Food Group beats Drinks Americas on 10 of the 11 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 Drinks Americas

Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. produces, imports, distributes, and markets premium wine and spirits, and alcoholic beverages to beverage wholesalers in the United States and internationally. The company offers premium authentic Mexican beer products under the brand names of Day of the Dead Beer, Mexicali, Rio Bravo, Red Pig, and Chili Beer. The company also markets and distributes non-alcoholic beverages. It offers its products through various retailers and restaurant chains. Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Los Angeles, California.