CALM vs. CPB, SJM, PPC, POST, LANC, FLO, JJSF, TR, THS, and JBSS
Should you be buying Cal-Maine Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cal-Maine Foods include Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), TreeHouse Foods (THS), and John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) and Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 14 mentions for Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Cal-Maine Foods' score of 0.19 indicating that Campbell Soup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cal-Maine Foods presently has a consensus target price of $58.50, indicating a potential downside of 17.41%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $46.56, indicating a potential downside of 0.40%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.
Campbell Soup received 191 more outperform votes than Cal-Maine Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.03% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote while only 41.90% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
Campbell Soup has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell Soup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 11.94% compared to Campbell Soup's net margin of 7.85%. Campbell Soup's return on equity of 23.26% beat Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity.
Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Campbell Soup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 70.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 59.9% 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.
Summary
Campbell Soup beats Cal-Maine Foods on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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