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CPB vs. CHEF, KHC, CAG, FLO, GIS, HRL, LW, SJM, SYY, and HSY

Should you be buying Campbell's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell's include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Flowers Foods (FLO), General Mills (GIS), Hormel Foods (HRL), Lamb Weston (LW), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Sysco (SYY), and Hershey (HSY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Campbell's vs. Its Competitors

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

Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

52.4% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Campbell's has a net margin of 4.44% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Campbell's' return on equity of 23.22% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Campbell's4.44% 23.22% 5.77%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$9.64B0.99$567M$1.5121.15
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.68$55.48M$1.6039.46

In the previous week, Campbell's had 5 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Campbell's and 12 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Campbell's' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.86 indicating that Campbell's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Campbell's currently has a consensus price target of $38.11, suggesting a potential upside of 19.36%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.34%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Campbell's beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CPB vs. The Competition

MetricCampbell'sFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.52B$8.48B$16.35B$9.78B
Dividend Yield4.89%3.39%3.07%4.04%
P/E Ratio21.1522.5718.5926.59
Price / Sales0.991.8048.68111.52
Price / Cash7.0512.8114.8159.26
Price / Book2.513.425.836.58
Net Income$567M$401.69M$682.79M$265.95M
7 Day Performance-3.65%-0.67%-0.82%0.17%
1 Month Performance0.03%0.77%1.27%3.90%
1 Year Performance-35.78%-5.07%3.89%19.67%

Campbell's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell's
3.6381 of 5 stars
$31.93
+0.9%
$38.11
+19.4%
-35.8%$9.52B$9.64B21.1514,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.2149 of 5 stars
$61.80
+0.6%
$70.40
+13.9%
+47.4%$2.52B$3.79B38.645,029Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.1549 of 5 stars
$27.43
-0.9%
$30.12
+9.8%
-21.1%$32.48B$25.85B-6.1136,000Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.7562 of 5 stars
$19.28
+0.0%
$22.17
+15.0%
-38.6%$9.23B$11.61B8.0618,300News Coverage
Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
3.9645 of 5 stars
$15.82
+0.6%
$15.33
-3.0%
-35.3%$3.34B$5.10B15.2210,200Positive News
Dividend Announcement
GIS
General Mills
4.5039 of 5 stars
$49.71
-0.4%
$59.13
+19.0%
-31.8%$26.97B$19.49B12.1233,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.5869 of 5 stars
$28.68
+1.0%
$33.00
+15.1%
-21.8%$15.79B$11.92B21.1120,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
LW
Lamb Weston
4.481 of 5 stars
$54.96
-0.3%
$65.30
+18.8%
-7.1%$7.66B$6.45B21.9110,100Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.0555 of 5 stars
$112.71
+0.6%
$119.62
+6.1%
-3.6%$12.01B$8.73B-9.758,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
SYY
Sysco
4.4553 of 5 stars
$80.71
+1.5%
$85.69
+6.2%
+3.3%$39.16B$81.37B21.6676,000Positive News
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HSY
Hershey
3.8811 of 5 stars
$182.39
+0.9%
$170.83
-6.3%
-4.7%$36.99B$11.20B24.2320,030Positive News

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