CAG vs. CPB, FLO, TAP, CELH, SJM, USFD, LW, CLX, ACI, and HRL
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), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Celsius (CELH), J. M. Smucker (SJM), US Foods (USFD), Lamb Weston (LW), Clorox (CLX), Albertsons Companies (ACI), and Hormel Foods (HRL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Conagra Brands pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 57.8% 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.
Campbell Soup has a net margin of 8.26% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 7.86%. Campbell Soup's return on equity of 23.18% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.
Conagra Brands received 124 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 42.01% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Conagra Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Campbell Soup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Campbell Soup has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell Soup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Conagra Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Conagra Brands and 6 mentions for Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Conagra Brands' score of 0.98 indicating that Campbell Soup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Conagra Brands currently has a consensus price target of $33.14, indicating a potential upside of 6.64%. Campbell Soup has a consensus price target of $46.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.40%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Campbell Soup.
Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Campbell Soup beats Conagra Brands on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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