Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Competitors

Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CALM or HRL?

84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CALM or HRL?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cal-Maine Foods	$3.80B	1.21	$277.89M	$20.23	4.62
Hormel Foods	$11.91B	1.38	$805.04M	$1.37	21.82

Does the media refer more to CALM or HRL?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hormel Foods and 14 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Cal-Maine Foods' score of 1.36 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cal-Maine Foods	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hormel Foods	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CALM or HRL?

Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CALM or HRL a better dividend stock?

Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 68.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 60 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CALM or HRL?

Hormel Foods received 163 more outperform votes than Cal-Maine Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.31% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 52.84% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cal-Maine Foods	Outperform Votes 288 52.84%	Underperform Votes 257 47.16%
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 451 57.31%	Underperform Votes 336 42.69%

Is CALM or HRL more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 20.39% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.75%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 33.69% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cal-Maine Foods	20.39%	33.69%	27.35%
Hormel Foods	6.75%	10.95%	6.39%

Do analysts prefer CALM or HRL?

Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus price target of $74.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.21%. Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.14%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Hormel Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Hormel Foods beats Cal-Maine Foods on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.