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Best Food Distribution Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top food distribution stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best food distribution stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best food distribution stocks to buy right now are:

Spartannash Co (NASDAQ:SPTN) is the #1 top food distribution stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Spartannash Co (NASDAQ:SPTN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Spartannash Co (NASDAQ:SPTN) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 8 points higher than the food distribution industry average of 36.

SPTN passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Spartannash Co has seen its stock lose -2.55% over the past year, underperforming other food distribution stocks by -6 percentage points.

Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) is the #2 top food distribution stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 13 points higher than the food distribution industry average of 36.

CVGW passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Calavo Growers has seen its stock lose -6.58% over the past year, underperforming other food distribution stocks by -10 percentage points.

Calavo Growers has an average 1 year price target of $35.00, an upside of 34% from Calavo Growers's current stock price of $26.12.

Calavo Growers stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Calavo Growers, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) is the #3 top food distribution stock out of 13 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is -1 points lower than the food distribution industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CHEF as a "B".

CHEF passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Chefs' Warehouse has seen its stock return 63.04% over the past year, overperforming other food distribution stocks by 60 percentage points.

Chefs' Warehouse has an average 1 year price target of $65.83, an upside of 5.48% from Chefs' Warehouse's current stock price of $62.41.

Chefs' Warehouse stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Chefs' Warehouse, 83.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 food distribution stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 food distribution stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Spartannash Co (NASDAQ:SPTN) has an annual dividend yield of 4.57%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the food distribution industry average of 2.46%. Spartannash Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Spartannash Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Spartannash Co's dividend payout ratio of 8,700% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

G Willi Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.81%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the food distribution industry average of 2.46%. G Willi Food International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. G Willi Food International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

G Willi Food International's dividend payout ratio of 14.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Sysco (NYSE:SYY) has an annual dividend yield of 2.14%, which is the same as the food distribution industry average of 2.46%. Sysco's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Sysco's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sysco's dividend payout ratio of 52.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Food distribution stocks were up 2.57% in the last day, and up 2.4% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why food distribution stocks are up.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued food distribution stocks right now are:

Sysco (NYSE:SYY) is the most undervalued food distribution stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Sysco has a valuation score of 29, which is -6 points higher than the food distribution industry average of 35. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates SYY a Valuation Rating of "B".

Sysco's stock has dropped -4.05% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food distribution industry by -8 percentage points.

Spartannash Co (NASDAQ:SPTN) is the second most undervalued food distribution stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Spartannash Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 36 points higher than the food distribution industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Spartannash Co's stock has dropped -2.55% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food distribution industry by -6 percentage points.

Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) is the third most undervalued food distribution stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Andersons has a valuation score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the food distribution industry average of 35. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Andersons's stock has dropped -33.12% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the food distribution industry by -37 percentage points.

71.43% of food distribution stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect food distribution stocks to rise by 16.46% over the next year.

0% of food distribution stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 50% of food distribution stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).