HSY vs. CTVA, GIS, ABEV, KVUE, SYY, KHC, KMB, KDP, EL, and STZ
Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include Corteva (CTVA), General Mills (GIS), Ambev (ABEV), Kenvue (KVUE), Sysco (SYY), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), and Constellation Brands (STZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Corteva shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hershey currently has a consensus price target of $213.06, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Corteva has a consensus price target of $63.24, suggesting a potential upside of 9.98%. Given Corteva's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corteva is more favorable than Hershey.
Hershey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Corteva. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corteva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 24 more articles in the media than Corteva. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Hershey and 36 mentions for Corteva. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Corteva's score of 0.65 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hershey received 460 more outperform votes than Corteva when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.37% of users gave Corteva an outperform vote while only 53.17% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corteva pays out 81.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Corteva's net margin of 3.32%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Corteva's return on equity.
Hershey has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corteva has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hershey beats Corteva on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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