The second largest food distributor in the country, US Foods (USFD), filed for an IPO last week. When it goes public, it will join industry leader Sysco (NYSE: SYY), which has rallied 10% since reporting better-than-expected earnings on February 1, and newly-public Performance Food Group (PFGC), which has performed well since its September 2015 IPO, closing about 17% above its offer price on Wednesday. Performance is among the only 27% of 2015 IPOs trading above the offering price.
The table below shows how US Foods stands up against its public peers:
