PPC vs. SAFM, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, POST, and LANC
Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Sanderson Farms (SAFM), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Post (POST), and Lancaster Colony (LANC). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus target price of $37.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.24%. Given Sanderson Farms' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Sanderson Farms.
Sanderson Farms has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Sanderson Farms' net margin of 2.80%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 43.58% beat Sanderson Farms' return on equity.
Sanderson Farms received 73 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.73% of users gave Sanderson Farms an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
79.6% of Sanderson Farms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Sanderson Farms shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sanderson Farms has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sanderson Farms has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pilgrim's Pride. Sanderson Farms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pilgrim's Pride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pilgrim's Pride had 5 more articles in the media than Sanderson Farms. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride and 0 mentions for Sanderson Farms. Sanderson Farms' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 0.39 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sanderson Farms beats Pilgrim's Pride on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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