Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer HRL or CALM?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 7 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Hormel Foods and 16 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.89 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hormel Foods	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cal-Maine Foods	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HRL or CALM 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
Hormel Foods	6.75%	10.95%	6.39%
Cal-Maine Foods	20.39%	33.69%	27.35%

Which has more risk and volatility, HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods presently has a consensus target price of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus target price of $83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.86%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Hormel Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods received 162 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 52.64% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 451 57.31%	Underperform Votes 336 42.69%
Cal-Maine Foods	Outperform Votes 289 52.64%	Underperform Votes 260 47.36%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HRL or CALM?

41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HRL or CALM?

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
Hormel Foods	$11.91B	1.39	$805.04M	$1.37	22.01
Cal-Maine Foods	$3.80B	1.24	$277.89M	$20.23	4.76

Is HRL or CALM a better dividend stock?

Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $13.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. 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. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 60 consecutive years and Cal-Maine Foods has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Hormel Foods beats Cal-Maine Foods on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.