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CPB vs. CHEF, KHC, CAG, GIS, HRL, LW, SJM, SYY, HSY, and K

Should you be buying Campbell's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell's include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Conagra Brands (CAG), General Mills (GIS), Hormel Foods (HRL), Lamb Weston (LW), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Sysco (SYY), Hershey (HSY), and Kellanova (K).

Campbell's vs. Its Competitors

Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, Campbell's had 9 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Campbell's and 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Campbell's' score of 0.19 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chefs' Warehouse
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Campbell's has a net margin of 5.87% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Campbell's' return on equity of 22.95% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Campbell's5.87% 22.95% 5.77%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

Campbell's has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Campbell's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$10.25B0.94$602M$2.0016.11
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.64$55.48M$1.6037.28

Campbell's currently has a consensus price target of $34.82, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.81%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than Campbell's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Campbell's has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

52.4% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Campbell's beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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CPB vs. The Competition

MetricCampbell'sFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.05B$8.16B$15.67B$10.39B
Dividend Yield4.62%3.74%3.15%4.64%
P/E Ratio16.1121.1717.3826.11
Price / Sales0.941.7247.74124.93
Price / Cash7.5812.6114.6661.24
Price / Book2.463.687.286.30
Net Income$602M$395.01M$672.25M$271.03M
7 Day Performance-3.65%-0.87%-1.52%-0.20%
1 Month Performance0.75%-0.87%1.69%5.77%
1 Year Performance-34.82%-8.89%-3.81%27.62%

Campbell's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell's
3.009 of 5 stars
$32.21
-4.5%
$34.82
+8.1%
-34.9%$10.05B$10.25B16.1113,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.3918 of 5 stars
$67.40
+2.7%
$69.67
+3.4%
+44.4%$2.74B$3.79B41.985,029Positive News
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.2164 of 5 stars
$26.02
+0.3%
$29.76
+14.4%
-25.2%$30.79B$25.85B-5.7936,000Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.9344 of 5 stars
$19.09
+0.8%
$22.17
+16.1%
-44.0%$9.14B$11.61B7.9918,300Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GIS
General Mills
4.5981 of 5 stars
$49.59
+0.1%
$58.93
+18.9%
-33.0%$26.87B$19.49B12.0833,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.7108 of 5 stars
$25.08
+0.2%
$30.88
+23.1%
-21.6%$13.80B$11.92B18.3120,000Dividend Announcement
LW
Lamb Weston
4.7698 of 5 stars
$57.14
-1.0%
$65.30
+14.3%
-18.7%$7.96B$6.45B22.7610,100Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.0763 of 5 stars
$105.85
+1.3%
$118.00
+11.5%
-8.7%$11.31B$8.73B-7.738,000
SYY
Sysco
4.7654 of 5 stars
$82.24
+0.9%
$85.69
+4.2%
+5.6%$39.91B$81.37B22.0775,000Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.9594 of 5 stars
$192.94
-0.3%
$173.89
-9.9%
-3.0%$39.14B$11.20B25.6420,030Positive News
Analyst Forecast
K
Kellanova
3.7915 of 5 stars
$78.78
-0.8%
$83.38
+5.8%
-4.4%$27.38B$12.75B20.6724,000

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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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