TSN vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Tyson Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tyson Foods include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), 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.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of -1.16%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.
Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.96 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%. Tyson Foods pays out -110.1% 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. Tyson Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tyson Foods received 163 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Tyson Foods presently has a consensus target price of $60.22, indicating a potential upside of 7.81%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $210.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Tyson Foods' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Hershey.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 5 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hershey and 8 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Hershey's score of 1.07 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tyson Foods and Hershey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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