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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:CAG) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
