Marzetti (MZTI) Competitors

Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Marzetti (NASDAQ:MZTI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend HRL or MZTI?

Hormel Foods presently has a consensus price target of $30.88, indicating a potential upside of 29.21%. Marzetti has a consensus price target of $206.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Hormel Foods' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than Marzetti.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hormel Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Marzetti	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is HRL or MZTI more profitable?

Marzetti has a net margin of 8.77% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.26%. Marzetti's return on equity of 18.87% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hormel Foods	6.26%	10.06%	6.02%
Marzetti	8.77%	18.87%	14.77%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HRL or MZTI?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Marzetti. Hormel Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marzetti, 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	$12.06B	1.09	$805.04M	$1.37	17.44
Marzetti	$1.91B	2.38	$167.35M	$6.07	27.15

Is HRL or MZTI a better dividend stock?

Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Marzetti pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. Marzetti pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 60 consecutive years and Marzetti has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer HRL or MZTI?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 10 more articles in the media than Marzetti. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hormel Foods and 3 mentions for Marzetti. Marzetti's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Hormel Foods' score of 1.00 indicating that Marzetti is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hormel Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Marzetti	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HRL or MZTI?

Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marzetti has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HRL or MZTI?

41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Marzetti shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Marzetti shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Marzetti beats Hormel Foods on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.