CAG vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, MKC, K, HRL, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Conagra Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conagra Brands include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellanova (K), Hormel Foods (HRL), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey received 12 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.71% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 2.88%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.
Conagra Brands presently has a consensus target price of $31.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.60%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Conagra Brands.
In the previous week, Hershey had 12 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hershey and 8 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Hershey's score of 0.47 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Conagra Brands pays out 191.8% 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 pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hershey beats Conagra Brands on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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