Conagra Brands (CAG) Competitors

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.

Is HSY or CAG a better dividend stock?

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Hershey pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Conagra Brands pays out 205.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HSY or CAG?

58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HSY or CAG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hershey	$11.20B	3.02	$2.22B	$10.90	15.34
Conagra Brands	$11.74B	1.00	$347.20M	$0.68	36.32

Does the media refer more to HSY or CAG?

In the previous week, Hershey had 19 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Hershey and 17 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Hershey's score of 1.20 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hershey	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Conagra Brands	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, HSY or CAG?

Hershey has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HSY or CAG?

Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $163.35, suggesting a potential downside of 2.34%. Conagra Brands has a consensus target price of $27.90, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Hershey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hershey	5 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Conagra Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HSY or CAG?

Hershey received 8 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.02% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 50.76% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hershey	Outperform Votes 605 50.76%	Underperform Votes 587 49.24%
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 597 58.02%	Underperform Votes 432 41.98%

Is HSY or CAG more profitable?

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.13%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hershey	19.83%	44.77%	15.14%
Conagra Brands	4.13%	13.76%	5.70%

Summary

Hershey and Conagra Brands tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.