SJM vs. ACI, TAP, LW, USFD, CPB, COKE, COTY, CAG, ELF, and ARMK
Should you be buying J. M. Smucker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. M. Smucker include Albertsons Companies (ACI), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Lamb Weston (LW), US Foods (USFD), Campbell Soup (CPB), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), Coty (COTY), Conagra Brands (CAG), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), and Aramark (ARMK). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 9 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 4 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat J. M. Smucker's score of 1.11 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J. M. Smucker received 621 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 46.83% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
Albertsons Companies has a net margin of 1.64% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -1.24%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 68.02% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albertsons Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. J. M. Smucker pays out -481.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albertsons Companies pays out 21.5% 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. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
J. M. Smucker currently has a consensus target price of $137.47, indicating a potential upside of 25.23%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus target price of $24.45, indicating a potential upside of 20.03%. Given J. M. Smucker's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
Summary
Albertsons Companies beats J. M. Smucker on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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