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.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Hershey has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell's has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell's. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey presently has a consensus price target of $162.15, suggesting a potential upside of 4.00%. Campbell's has a consensus price target of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 26.66%. Given Campbell's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Hershey.
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.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Hershey had 26 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Hershey and 22 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 media.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Hershey pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Summary
Hershey beats Campbell's on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
