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CPB vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, PPC, CAG, and SFD

Should you be buying Campbell's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell's include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Campbell's vs.

Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Campbell's' net margin of 5.57%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Campbell's' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Campbell's5.57% 23.79% 6.24%
Hershey 19.83%44.77%15.14%

52.3% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Campbell's has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Campbell's pays out 90.2% 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 pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Hershey had 28 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Hershey and 21 mentions for Campbell's. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Campbell's' score of 0.82 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hershey
31 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Campbell's currently has a consensus price target of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 25.26%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $162.15, suggesting a potential upside of 0.47%. Given Campbell's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$10.12B1.01$567M$1.7319.75
Hershey$10.75B3.04$2.22B$8.1119.90

Hershey received 128 more outperform votes than Campbell's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.50% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 40.84% of users gave Campbell's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Campbell'sOutperform Votes
477
40.84%
Underperform Votes
691
59.16%
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.50%
Underperform Votes
593
49.50%

Summary

Hershey beats Campbell's on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CPB vs. The Competition

MetricCampbell'sFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.19B$18.03B$17.65B$8.47B
Dividend Yield4.66%5.33%3.10%4.18%
P/E Ratio18.6710.8316.7019.79
Price / Sales1.0112.724.00137.70
Price / Cash8.6811.7516.3934.64
Price / Book2.692.096.164.53
Net Income$567M$733.40M$740.28M$247.85M
7 Day Performance0.18%-2.62%0.71%2.40%
1 Month Performance-5.19%-3.64%1.57%10.70%
1 Year Performance-21.30%-38.07%0.39%10.73%

Campbell's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell's
4.0012 of 5 stars
$34.17
+1.1%
$42.80
+25.3%
-23.6%$10.19B$10.12B18.6714,700
HSY
Hershey
4.0064 of 5 stars
$153.13
-1.6%
$161.40
+5.4%
-21.1%$31.02B$10.75B14.0519,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
GIS
General Mills
4.6396 of 5 stars
$53.80
-1.8%
$64.69
+20.2%
-20.0%$29.65B$19.64B11.6932,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.625 of 5 stars
$82.29
-0.3%
$79.41
-3.5%
+38.5%$28.55B$12.63B21.2630,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.7052 of 5 stars
$56.83
+0.1%
$62.63
+10.2%
-4.2%$20.24B$53.62B19.20142,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.1235 of 5 stars
$73.31
-1.2%
$83.14
+13.4%
0.0%$19.66B$6.73B25.0214,200Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.1642 of 5 stars
$29.68
-1.5%
$32.33
+9.0%
-13.6%$16.32B$11.91B20.3220,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.2123 of 5 stars
$114.03
-0.8%
$125.70
+10.2%
+2.3%$12.14B$8.79B23.086,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.4891 of 5 stars
$50.90
-0.6%
$48.40
-4.9%
+34.2%$12.07B$17.98B11.1661,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.0312 of 5 stars
$22.64
-2.0%
$27.50
+21.5%
-23.6%$10.81B$11.74B22.1918,000Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.037 of 5 stars
$23.03
-0.9%
$27.86
+21.0%
N/A$9.05B$14.47B10.1536,389

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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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