HSY vs. MDLZ, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, and PPC
Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Hershey has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 54.0% 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 a net margin of 18.13% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 11.87%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Hershey. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $210.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $80.22, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Hershey.
Mondelez International received 255 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.24% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 4 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Mondelez International and 13 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.53 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Hershey on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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