MDLZ vs. BUD, DEO, MO, BTI, UL, CL, MNST, EL, STZ, and KDP
Should you be buying Mondelez International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondelez International include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Unilever (UL), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Mondelez International vs.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondelez International received 118 more outperform votes than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.11% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 65.30% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Mondelez International. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 51.0% 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. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Mondelez International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 5 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mondelez International and 8 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.32 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV currently has a consensus target price of $70.19, suggesting a potential upside of 24.36%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $77.95, suggesting a potential upside of 10.68%. Given Mondelez International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is more favorable than Mondelez International.
5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 10.59%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 15.49% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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