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Smithfield Foods (SFD) Competitors

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$23.89 +0.10 (+0.42%)
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SFD vs. HSY, K, GIS, MKC, TSN, HRL, SJM, PPC, CAG, and CPB

Should you be buying Smithfield Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smithfield Foods include Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), General Mills (GIS), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Campbell's (CPB). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Smithfield Foods vs. Its Competitors

Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smithfield Foods. Smithfield Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Smithfield Foods$14.14B0.66$892.36M$2.2710.52
Hershey$11.20B3.39$2.22B$8.1123.12

Hershey has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. Hershey's return on equity of 38.70% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Smithfield FoodsN/A N/A N/A
Hershey 15.32%38.70%13.12%

In the previous week, Hershey had 38 more articles in the media than Smithfield Foods. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Hershey and 10 mentions for Smithfield Foods. Smithfield Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Hershey's score of 0.71 indicating that Smithfield Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Smithfield Foods
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hershey
27 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Smithfield Foods currently has a consensus price target of $27.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.61%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $160.16, suggesting a potential downside of 14.60%. Given Smithfield Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Smithfield Foods is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Smithfield Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Smithfield Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Smithfield Foods pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 67.6% 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. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Smithfield Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Hershey beats Smithfield Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SFD vs. The Competition

MetricSmithfield FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.39B$7.24B$16.23B$9.51B
Dividend Yield4.18%6.55%3.09%3.99%
P/E Ratio10.527.8520.1520.03
Price / Sales0.6615.1945.99103.88
Price / CashN/A7.3415.1459.01
Price / BookN/A1.366.135.90
Net Income$892.36M$614.40M$691.82M$258.66M
7 Day Performance1.27%-1.80%1.15%2.23%
1 Month Performance3.60%-1.94%4.44%12.77%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-16.80%1.22%19.36%

Smithfield Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.3102 of 5 stars
$23.89
+0.4%
$27.86
+16.6%
N/A$9.39B$14.14B10.5236,500Lockup Expiration
HSY
Hershey
3.8378 of 5 stars
$162.79
-1.3%
$158.84
-2.4%
-4.2%$32.96B$10.75B20.0620,030Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
K
Kellanova
3.5925 of 5 stars
$79.61
-0.1%
$79.75
+0.2%
+39.6%$27.62B$12.63B20.1024,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
GIS
General Mills
4.6733 of 5 stars
$50.16
-1.6%
$59.73
+19.1%
-22.1%$27.22B$19.49B12.2433,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.1969 of 5 stars
$70.86
-1.5%
$84.13
+18.7%
-3.6%$19.02B$6.74B24.6014,100Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.72 of 5 stars
$53.10
-2.2%
$63.11
+18.9%
-9.0%$18.95B$53.31B20.70138,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.4374 of 5 stars
$29.38
-1.3%
$32.86
+11.9%
-6.9%$16.16B$11.92B21.6120,000
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.3995 of 5 stars
$104.09
-0.6%
$117.33
+12.7%
-6.9%$11.09B$8.73B-9.018,000Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.1555 of 5 stars
$44.39
-1.5%
$48.67
+9.6%
+17.9%$10.56B$17.88B8.7861,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.7019 of 5 stars
$19.10
-1.5%
$22.58
+18.3%
-35.3%$9.12B$11.61B7.9918,300Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
2.9229 of 5 stars
$30.36
-1.2%
$39.33
+29.6%
-29.5%$9.07B$9.64B20.1614,400

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This page (NASDAQ:SFD) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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