BF.A vs. BF.B, IFF, TSN, MKC, HRL, CLX, ADM, CCEP, CELH, and CAG
Should you be buying Brown-Forman stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brown-Forman include Brown-Forman (BF.B), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Celsius (CELH), and Conagra Brands (CAG). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) and Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.A) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Brown-Forman received 215 more outperform votes than Brown-Forman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.69% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Brown-Forman an outperform vote.
Brown-Forman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown-Forman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Brown-Forman currently has a consensus price target of $65.68, suggesting a potential upside of 36.51%. Given Brown-Forman's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brown-Forman is more favorable than Brown-Forman.
In the previous week, Brown-Forman and Brown-Forman both had 1 articles in the media. Brown-Forman's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Brown-Forman's score of 0.00 indicating that Brown-Forman is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown-Forman has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Brown-Forman pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Brown-Forman pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brown-Forman pays out 43.3% 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. Brown-Forman has increased its dividend for 34 consecutive years. Brown-Forman is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
34.7% of Brown-Forman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Brown-Forman shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Brown-Forman shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Brown-Forman shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Brown-Forman beats Brown-Forman on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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