FARM vs. MDLZ, HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, PPC, SJM, and CAG
Should you be buying Farmer Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Bros. include Mondelez International (MDLZ), 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), and Conagra Brands (CAG). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Farmer Bros. vs.
Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Farmer Bros. has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Farmer Bros. currently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 180.75%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.74%. Given Farmer Bros.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Farmer Bros. is more favorable than Mondelez International.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Farmer Bros.'s net margin of -2.92%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 16.75% beat Farmer Bros.'s return on equity.
Mondelez International received 513 more outperform votes than Farmer Bros. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.23% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 67.67% of users gave Farmer Bros. an outperform vote.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Farmer Bros.. Farmer Bros. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.5% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 56 more articles in the media than Farmer Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Mondelez International and 3 mentions for Farmer Bros.. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Farmer Bros.'s score of 0.62 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Farmer Bros. on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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