CAG vs. CPB, FLO, SJM, CLX, CHWY, TSN, LW, CHD, HRL, and MKC
Should you be buying Conagra Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conagra Brands include Campbell Soup (CPB), Flowers Foods (FLO), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Clorox (CLX), Chewy (CHWY), Tyson Foods (TSN), Lamb Weston (LW), Church & Dwight (CHD), Hormel Foods (HRL), and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Conagra Brands vs.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conagra Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Conagra Brands pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Campbell Soup pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
81.1% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.4% of Campbell Soup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Conagra Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Campbell Soup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Campbell Soup has a net margin of 8.86% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 5.66%. Campbell Soup's return on equity of 26.97% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.
In the previous week, Campbell Soup had 7 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Campbell Soup and 11 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Campbell Soup's score of 0.29 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Conagra Brands received 123 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.00% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 43.30% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Conagra Brands presently has a consensus target price of $40.73, indicating a potential upside of 8.93%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $51.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.64%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Campbell Soup.
Summary
Conagra Brands beats Campbell Soup on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Conagra Brands Competitors List
