IVFH vs PFGC vs HFFG Stock Comparison

Innovative Food Holdings, Performance Food and HF Foods Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PFGC Performance Food Group Co
$97.51 +6.0% 1M -0.9% 1Y
Market cap
$15.34B
P/E
42.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$67.84B
Div. yield
–
Food Distribution Consumer Staples
5 wins
HFFG HF Foods Group Inc.
$1.45 -8.2% 1M -32.9% 1Y
Market cap
$78.81M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.25B
Div. yield
0.01%
Food Distribution Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Performance Food leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Performance Food 5, Innovative Food Holdings 4, HF Foods 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIVFHPFGCHFFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.47M $15.34B $78.81M PFGC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.6x 42.7x -2.3x IVFH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 16.8x 7.6x HFFG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -8.8% +7.2% +2.8% PFGC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.9% 0.5% -2.8% IVFH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.8% 6.6% -7.7% IVFH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 2.9x -36.1x HFFG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -64.4% -0.9% -32.9% PFGC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -18.3%/yr +16.6%/yr -27.2%/yr PFGC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 83.8% 29.1% 59.3% PFGC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 42/100 45/100 IVFH

Percentile Scorecard

IVFHPFGCHFFG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIVFHPFGCHFFG
Valuation 95 #3 of 40 56 #18 of 40 62 #16 of 40
Growth 41 #23 of 38 62 #15 of 38 16 #32 of 38
Profitability 54 #17 of 36 43 #21 of 36 20 #29 of 36
Financial Health 95 #3 of 40 44 #23 of 40 31 #28 of 40
Shareholder Returns – 4 #27 of 28 98 #1 of 28
Overall 71 42 45
  • IVFH ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail
  • PFGC ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail
  • HFFG ranked among 41 companies in Staples Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIVFHPFGCHFFGSPY
1 month -5.9%+6.0%-8.2% +0.7%
3 months -42.9%-15.0%-3.3% +3.7%
6 months -48.4%+7.7%-24.9% +7.1%
Year to date -62.8%+8.4%-32.6% +12.8%
1 year -64.4%-0.9%-32.9% +11.9%
3 years -72.4%+75.6%-63.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year -34.9%+20.7%-28.5% +22.8%
5 years -63.6%+115.6%-79.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -18.3%+16.6%-27.2% +10.9%
10 years -62.8%+308.0%— +262.0%
10 years, per year -9.4%+15.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIVFHPFGCHFFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 83.8%29.1%59.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 99.9%29.1%56.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.740.400.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.77-0.03-0.55 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.0%-32.3%-85.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -68.0%-16.5%-46.1% -1.2%
52-week high $0.50$116.71$2.69 $779.14
52-week low $0.14$81.03$1.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIVFHPFGCHFFG
P/E now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 22.1x 42.3xmedian 22.1x -2.2xmedian 22.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x 0.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 9.5x 11.7xmedian 9.5x -51.5xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 16.0x 14.8xmedian 16.0x -22.5xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.8x 3.1xmedian 2.8x 0.4xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.54median 1.07 -12.18median 1.07 0.06median 1.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIVFHPFGCHFFG
Revenue $54.99M $67.84B $1.25B
Gross profit $13.97M $8.09B $207.06M
Operating income $2.29M $887.50M -$34.42M
Net income $511.27K $359.30M -$34.56M
Free cash flow $685.54K $1.03B -$3.47M
EPS (diluted) $0.01 $2.29 $-0.64
Cash & equivalents $1.82M $92.40M –
Total debt $2.20M $5.01B $183.27M
Shares (diluted) 54.65M 157.00M 53.89M
Enterprise value $3.81M $15.13B $78.81M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIVFHPFGCHFFG
P/E 17.1x 42.3x -2.2x
P/FCF 12.8x 14.8x -22.5x
P/Operating cash flow 11.7x 10.8x 2.7x
P/S 0.2x 0.2x 0.1x
P/B 1.0x 3.1x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 4.5x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA 2.8x 11.7x -51.5x
EV/EBIT 3.2x 22.7x -7.6x
EV/Revenue 0.1x 0.3x 0.2x
EV/FCF 10.8x 19.6x -75.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.9x 14.2x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.54 -12.18 0.06

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIVFHPFGCHFFG
Revenue growth (1Y) -8.8% 7.2% 2.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -11.0% 5.8% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -12.1% 9.1% -0.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -7.4% 9.0% 0.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 42.7% 8.7% 5.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 80.2% 5.0% -47.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -44.2% 5.6% 28.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 32.0% -3.3% -33.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -44.1% 5.2% 28.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.4% -3.5% -35.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 123.5% 16.8% -6.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.2% 19.3% -1.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 118.5% 46.2% -119.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 22.3% -28.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIVFHPFGCHFFG
Gross margin 25.4% 11.9% 16.6%
EBITDA margin 4.8% 2.5% -0.4%
Operating margin 4.2% 1.3% -2.8%
Pretax margin 4.1% 0.7% -3.2%
Net margin 0.9% 0.5% -2.8%
FCF margin 1.2% 1.5% -0.3%
Operating cash flow margin 1.4% 2.1% 2.3%
Return on equity 6.2% 7.5% -16.6%
Return on assets 4.2% 1.9% -6.2%
Return on invested capital 24.8% 6.6% -7.7%
Return on capital employed 26.4% 6.6% -9.4%
Asset turnover 4.5x 3.6x 2.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 3.9x -0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.1% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIVFHPFGCHFFG
Debt / assets 4.1% 26.6% 32.9%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.0x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 2.9x -36.1x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 4.9x -52.8x
Liabilities / assets 30.7% 74.0% 62.7%
Equity / assets 69.3% 26.0% 37.3%
Interest coverage 75.0x 2.1x -2.9x
Current ratio 2.9x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 2.0x 0.6x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.0x –
Altman Z-score 3.02 4.73 1.24

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIVFHPFGCHFFG
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -0.3% –
Shareholder yield – -0.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -2.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -24.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 67.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 841.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIVFHPFGCHFFG
Forward P/E – 16.8xFY2027 7.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.82FY2027 $0.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +27.9%FY2027 -40.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +19.8% +126.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $75.58BFY2027 $1.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +11.4%FY2027 -0.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.8% +16.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIVFHPFGCHFFG
Held by institutions – 100.0% 16.2%
Institutions holding – 530 60
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.9% -20.1%
Institutions buying – 304 30
Institutions selling – 152 22
Buyers to sellers – 2.00 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IVFHPFGCHFFG
IVFH 1.00 -0.03 -0.06
PFGC -0.03 1.00 0.03
HFFG -0.06 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IVFH, PFGC and HFFG?

Performance Food (PFGC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) $8.47M, Performance Food (PFGC) $15.34B, HF Foods (HFFG) $78.81M.

Which stock is cheaper, IVFH, PFGC and HFFG?

Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) 16.6x, Performance Food (PFGC) 42.7x, HF Foods (HFFG) -2.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, HF Foods (HFFG) is cheapest (Performance Food (PFGC) 16.8x, HF Foods (HFFG) 7.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Performance Food (PFGC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) -8.8%, Performance Food (PFGC) +7.2%, HF Foods (HFFG) +2.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) has the highest net margin (Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) 0.9%, Performance Food (PFGC) 0.5%, HF Foods (HFFG) -2.8%). On return on invested capital, Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) leads (Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) 24.8%, Performance Food (PFGC) 6.6%, HF Foods (HFFG) -7.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Performance Food (PFGC) returned the most: Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) -64.4%, Performance Food (PFGC) -0.9%, HF Foods (HFFG) -32.9%. Over five years, Performance Food (PFGC) compounded fastest (Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) -18.3%/yr, Performance Food (PFGC) +16.6%/yr, HF Foods (HFFG) -27.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) 0.00%, Performance Food (PFGC) 0.00%, HF Foods (HFFG) 0.01%. Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) and Performance Food (PFGC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Performance Food (PFGC) has been the steadiest (Innovative Food Holdings (IVFH) 83.8%, Performance Food (PFGC) 29.1%, HF Foods (HFFG) 59.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IVFH, PFGC and HFFG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Performance Food (PFGC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.