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$21.56 -0.73 (-3.25%)
Closing price 06/13/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CAG vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, SJM, PPC, CPB, and SFD

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

Conagra Brands vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Hershey19.83% 44.77% 15.14%
Conagra Brands 4.13%13.76%5.70%

Hershey received 7 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.83% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.50%
Underperform Votes
593
49.50%
Conagra BrandsOutperform Votes
598
57.83%
Underperform Votes
436
42.17%

Hershey presently has a consensus price target of $158.84, suggesting a potential downside of 6.04%. Conagra Brands has a consensus price target of $25.70, suggesting a potential upside of 19.23%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hershey$10.75B3.18$2.22B$8.1120.85
Conagra Brands$11.74B0.88$347.20M$0.6831.70

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hershey has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hershey had 8 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Hershey and 23 mentions for Conagra Brands. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Conagra Brands' score of 0.45 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hershey
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Conagra Brands
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Hershey pays out 67.6% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Conagra Brands has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Summary

Hershey beats Conagra Brands on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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CAG vs. The Competition

MetricConagra BrandsFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.29B$16.75B$17.41B$19.68B
Dividend Yield6.25%5.30%3.06%3.80%
P/E Ratio21.139.8216.3534.98
Price / Sales0.888.7343.5842.66
Price / Cash7.0711.7516.3917.51
Price / Book1.212.046.084.78
Net Income$347.20M$733.40M$737.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.62%-7.16%7.54%0.82%
1 Month Performance-5.21%-5.92%5.08%1.32%
1 Year Performance-23.94%-36.74%2.09%10.65%

Conagra Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.5061 of 5 stars
$21.56
-3.3%
$25.70
+19.2%
-23.9%$10.29B$11.74B21.1318,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
HSY
Hershey
4.4455 of 5 stars
$166.95
+3.2%
$158.84
-4.9%
-9.6%$33.82B$10.75B15.3219,900News Coverage
Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.3406 of 5 stars
$54.80
+0.1%
$63.44
+15.8%
-18.3%$30.21B$19.64B11.9132,500
K
Kellanova
3.2094 of 5 stars
$81.95
-0.1%
$79.75
-2.7%
+38.9%$28.43B$12.63B21.1830,000Trending News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.894 of 5 stars
$75.20
+1.3%
$83.14
+10.6%
+9.1%$20.17B$6.73B25.6714,200Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.6983 of 5 stars
$55.27
-0.1%
$62.63
+13.3%
+1.4%$19.69B$53.62B18.67142,000News Coverage
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
3.8906 of 5 stars
$31.18
+1.7%
$32.50
+4.3%
+0.2%$17.14B$11.92B21.3520,000
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.6282 of 5 stars
$111.75
+0.8%
$125.30
+12.1%
-14.2%$11.89B$8.79B22.626,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
0.9887 of 5 stars
$45.87
-2.3%
$48.40
+5.5%
+32.7%$10.88B$17.98B10.0661,500News Coverage
Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
3.2595 of 5 stars
$34.27
-0.6%
$40.11
+17.0%
-25.5%$10.22B$10.23B18.7314,700Analyst Revision
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.0653 of 5 stars
$23.08
+0.4%
$27.86
+20.7%
N/A$9.07B$14.47B10.1736,389

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