CPB vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Campbell Soup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell Soup include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey received 136 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 41.86% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Campbell Soup had 15 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Campbell Soup and 13 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Campbell Soup's score of 0.69 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Campbell Soup presently has a consensus price target of $46.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.91%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $210.56, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Campbell Soup's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than Hershey.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Campbell Soup's net margin of 7.85%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Campbell Soup's return on equity.
Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Campbell Soup pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 54.3% 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.
52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.6% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hershey beats Campbell Soup on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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