FLO vs. MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, POST, LANC, JJSF, and CALM
Should you be buying Flowers Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowers Foods include McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), and Cal-Maine Foods (CALM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher revenue and earnings than Flowers Foods. McCormick & Company, Incorporated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowers Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowers Foods received 35 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.58% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 1 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Flowers Foods and 11 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.80 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 10.56% compared to Flowers Foods' net margin of 2.45%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 18.35% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.
75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Flowers Foods pays out 155.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flowers Foods presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.03%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a consensus price target of $77.88, suggesting a potential upside of 9.21%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Flowers Foods.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Flowers Foods on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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