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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 consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

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%

Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$10.12B1.01$567M$1.7319.85
Hershey$10.75B2.98$2.22B$8.1119.51

Hershey received 128 more outperform votes than Campbell's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.54% 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
50.54%
Underperform Votes
592
49.46%

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

In the previous week, Hershey had 17 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Hershey and 27 mentions for Campbell's. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Campbell's' score of 0.87 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hershey
32 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

52.3% of Campbell's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Campbell's presently has a consensus target price of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 24.64%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $161.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.00%. 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

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$9.99B$17.43B$17.71B$8.46B
Dividend Yield4.66%5.33%3.10%4.17%
P/E Ratio18.7710.2516.7119.89
Price / Sales1.0113.274.08138.33
Price / Cash8.6811.7516.3934.64
Price / Book2.702.106.174.56
Net Income$567M$733.40M$740.28M$248.06M
7 Day Performance0.32%-2.50%0.14%2.15%
1 Month Performance-4.19%-3.30%1.89%9.09%
1 Year Performance-22.34%-37.64%-1.41%9.75%

Campbell's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell's
3.1969 of 5 stars
$34.34
+2.5%
$42.80
+24.6%
-24.3%$9.99B$10.12B18.7714,700
HSY
Hershey
4.1414 of 5 stars
$153.13
-1.6%
$161.40
+5.4%
-19.7%$31.02B$10.75B14.0519,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
GIS
General Mills
4.671 of 5 stars
$53.80
-1.8%
$64.69
+20.2%
-20.8%$29.65B$19.64B11.6932,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
2.9806 of 5 stars
$82.29
-0.3%
$79.41
-3.5%
+35.1%$28.55B$12.63B21.2630,000
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.5818 of 5 stars
$56.83
+0.1%
$62.63
+10.2%
-6.5%$20.24B$53.62B19.20142,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.2908 of 5 stars
$73.31
-1.2%
$83.14
+13.4%
-0.6%$19.66B$6.73B25.0214,200Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
3.9103 of 5 stars
$29.68
-1.5%
$32.33
+9.0%
-13.9%$16.32B$11.91B20.3220,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.6076 of 5 stars
$114.03
-0.8%
$125.70
+10.2%
+3.8%$12.14B$8.79B23.086,700Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.1143 of 5 stars
$50.90
-0.6%
$48.40
-4.9%
+32.6%$12.07B$17.98B11.1661,500Positive News
Gap Up
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.0589 of 5 stars
$22.64
-2.0%
$27.50
+21.5%
-24.4%$10.81B$11.74B22.1918,000
SFD
Smithfield Foods
1.6733 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 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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