MDLZ vs. BUD, DEO, MO, BTI, CL, UL, MNST, PM, EL, and STZ
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), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Unilever (UL), Monster Beverage (MNST), Philip Morris International (PM), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), and Constellation Brands (STZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV currently has a consensus price target of $71.70, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $81.37, suggesting a potential upside of 16.07%. Given Mondelez International's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is more favorable than Mondelez International.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 12 more articles in the media than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Mondelez International and 5 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.21 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 13.77% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 8.99%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity of 15.91% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondelez International received 130 more outperform votes than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.07% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and earnings than Mondelez International. Mondelez International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, 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 1.0%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 46.8% 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 12 consecutive years. Mondelez International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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