CAG vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Conagra Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conagra Brands include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 7.86%. Conagra Brands' return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
Hershey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Conagra Brands pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Conagra Brands has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Hershey received 12 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.96% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Conagra Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hershey presently has a consensus target price of $210.56, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Conagra Brands has a consensus target price of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Hershey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Hershey.
In the previous week, Hershey had 6 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hershey and 8 mentions for Conagra Brands. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Conagra Brands' score of 0.81 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Hershey beats Conagra Brands on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Conagra Brands News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CAG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Conagra Brands Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools