Financial Review: United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) versus Dino Polska (OTCMKTS:DNOPY)

Dino Polska (OTCMKTS:DNOPY) and United Natural Foods (NYSE:UNFI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Dino Polska and United Natural Foods”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dino Polska	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Natural Foods	$31.78 billion	0.09	-$118.00 million	($0.66)	-71.24

Dino Polska has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Natural Foods.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Dino Polska and United Natural Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dino Polska	1	1	1	0	2.00
United Natural Foods	1	6	2	0	2.11

United Natural Foods has a consensus price target of $47.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.78%. Given United Natural Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United Natural Foods is more favorable than Dino Polska.

Profitability

This table compares Dino Polska and United Natural Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dino Polska	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Natural Foods	-0.12%	7.42%	1.57%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.6% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of United Natural Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

United Natural Foods beats Dino Polska on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dino Polska

Dino Polska S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates a network of mid-sized grocery supermarkets under the Dino brand name in Poland. The company offers range of food products, including meat, poultry and cold cuts, fruit and vegetables, bread, and dairy products, as well as other food, chemical, and cosmetic products; grocery products, such as children’s food, breakfast products, ready to eat meals, beverages, candies, snacks, frozen goods, processed goods, oils, grain and bulk products, condiments, and alcohol and cigarettes; and non-grocery products, which include flowers, cleaning agents, sanitary articles, pet food, seasonal products, and small household appliance products. It also rents and operates owned and leased real estate; purchase and sale of real estate; retails automotive fuel; manufactures and processes refined petroleum products; and operates beverages or tobacco predominating stores, as well as offers warehousing and storage, and financial services. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Krotoszyn, Poland.

About United Natural Foods

United Natural Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes natural, organic, specialty, produce, and conventional grocery and non-food products in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Wholesale and Retail. The company offers grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, wellness and personal care items, and bulk and foodservice products. It also provides nuts, dried fruit, seeds, trail mixes, granola, natural and organic snack items, and confections under the Woodstock Farms Manufacturing name; organic, non-GMO project verified, and specialty food and non-food items under the Blue Marble brand name; pet food under the WILD HARVEST brand name; and various products under the ESSENTIAL EVERYDAY, SHOPPERS VALUE, Field Day, EQUALINE, CULINARY CIRCLE, and STONE RIDGE CREAMERY brand names. In addition, the company provides home, health and beauty care, and pharmacy products, as well as private label products through a network of Cub Foods and Shoppers retail grocery stores; and retail store support, pricing strategy, shelf and planogram management, advertising, couponing, ecommerce, consumer convenience, store design, equipment sourcing, electronic payments processing, network and data hosting, point-of-sale hardware and software, automation tools, sustainability, and administrative back-office solution services. Further, it offers consumer and trade marketing programs, and programs to support suppliers in understanding its markets. The company serves chains, independent retailers, and supernatural chains, as well as foodservice, ecommerce, conventional military business, and other sales customers. United Natural Foods, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.