MDLZ vs. BUD, DEO, CL, MO, BTI, UL, MNST, EL, KHC, and STZ
Should you be buying Mondelez International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondelez International include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Unilever (UL), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Kraft Heinz (KHC), and Constellation Brands (STZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 8.99%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 16.11% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV currently has a consensus price target of $71.70, suggesting a potential upside of 20.59%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $80.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.23%. Given Mondelez International's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is more favorable than Mondelez International.
5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Mondelez International. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mondelez International received 134 more outperform votes than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 35 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Mondelez International and 6 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's score of 0.76 indicating that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 23.0% 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. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Mondelez International has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Mondelez International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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