Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Seneca Foods and McCormick & Company, Incorporated, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Seneca Foods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.11 |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a consensus target price of $81.5556, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Seneca Foods.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
57.6% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Seneca Foods and McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Seneca Foods | 6.19% | 20.19% | 8.91% |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 13.75% | 20.93% | 7.24% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Seneca Foods and McCormick & Company, Incorporated's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Seneca Foods | $1.34 billion | 0.39 | $52.33 million | N/A | N/A |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated | $5.35 billion | 4.21 | $702.70 million | $2.67 | 31.62 |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher revenue and earnings than Seneca Foods.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Seneca Foods on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.