TSN vs. PPC, IFF, BF.B, MKC, HRL, CLX, CHD, CELH, CAG, and ADM
Should you be buying Tyson Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tyson Foods include Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Brown-Forman (BF.B), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), Church & Dwight (CHD), Celsius (CELH), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Tyson Foods currently has a consensus price target of $58.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.50%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $37.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.76%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pilgrim's Pride has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods 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, Tyson Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tyson Foods and 8 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 0.70 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of -1.62%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 12.90% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.
Tyson Foods received 420 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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