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$36.46 +0.42 (+1.17%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CPB vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, PPC, SJM, CAG, and SFD

Should you be buying Campbell's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell's include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Campbell's vs.

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Hershey pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell's pays out 90.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Hershey has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell's has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hershey currently has a consensus price target of $163.35, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Campbell's has a consensus price target of $44.27, suggesting a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Campbell's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94

58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hershey had 2 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Hershey and 23 mentions for Campbell's. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Campbell's' score of 0.79 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hershey
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Campbell's
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Campbell's' net margin of 5.57%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Campbell's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hershey19.83% 44.77% 15.14%
Campbell's 5.57%23.79%6.24%

Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell's. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hershey$11.20B3.02$2.22B$10.9015.34
Campbell's$10.12B1.07$567M$1.7321.08

Hershey received 129 more outperform votes than Campbell's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.76% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 40.86% of users gave Campbell's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.76%
Underperform Votes
587
49.24%
Campbell'sOutperform Votes
476
40.86%
Underperform Votes
689
59.14%

Summary

Hershey beats Campbell's on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CPB vs. The Competition

MetricCampbell'sFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.87B$18.28B$17.45B$7.83B
Dividend Yield4.30%4.30%2.92%4.22%
P/E Ratio19.9211.8115.5418.48
Price / Sales1.0711.154.14103.59
Price / Cash8.6811.7516.3934.62
Price / Book2.872.146.324.25
Net Income$567M$733.40M$731.54M$248.23M
7 Day Performance-0.71%0.14%0.81%0.89%
1 Month Performance-8.62%-5.35%-0.11%3.53%
1 Year Performance-19.92%-19.31%-1.20%5.08%

Campbell's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell's
3.5244 of 5 stars
$36.46
+1.2%
$44.27
+21.4%
-20.2%$10.87B$10.12B19.9214,700Analyst Revision
Positive News
HSY
Hershey
4.3559 of 5 stars
$165.68
-1.1%
$163.35
-1.4%
-13.7%$33.54B$11.20B15.2019,900Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.5195 of 5 stars
$56.94
-1.9%
$65.00
+14.2%
-19.5%$31.39B$19.64B12.3832,500
K
Kellanova
3.034 of 5 stars
$82.78
+0.2%
$77.96
-5.8%
+43.0%$28.58B$12.75B21.3930,000Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.4602 of 5 stars
$61.57
+0.3%
$61.78
+0.3%
+1.0%$21.93B$53.61B20.80142,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.5043 of 5 stars
$75.93
+0.3%
$83.14
+9.5%
+0.8%$20.36B$6.73B25.9114,200Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.1463 of 5 stars
$30.54
-0.6%
$32.33
+5.9%
-15.9%$16.79B$11.91B20.9220,000Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.3519 of 5 stars
$54.73
+0.4%
$48.40
-11.6%
+51.5%$12.99B$17.88B12.0061,500Earnings Report
Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
3.3397 of 5 stars
$116.86
-0.7%
$126.50
+8.2%
+1.2%$12.44B$8.79B23.666,700Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.3688 of 5 stars
$25.20
-1.1%
$27.90
+10.7%
-19.8%$12.03B$11.74B24.7118,000Ex-Dividend
Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
3.8912 of 5 stars
$20.40
+3.2%
$27.86
+36.6%
N/A$8.02B$14.14B8.9936,389Earnings Report
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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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