CPB vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, MKC, K, HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Campbell Soup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell Soup include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellanova (K), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 7.85%. Campbell Soup's return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
Hershey currently has a consensus price target of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 5.87%. Campbell Soup has a consensus price target of $46.56, indicating a potential downside of 0.40%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hershey is more favorable than Campbell Soup.
Hershey has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hershey received 134 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.98% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 41.90% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 59.9% 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. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Hershey had 6 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hershey and 13 mentions for Campbell Soup. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Campbell Soup's score of 0.47 indicating that Campbell Soup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hershey beats Campbell Soup on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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