Campbell's (CPB) Competitors

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.

Is CPB or HSY more profitable?

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's	5.57%	23.79%	6.24%
Hershey	19.83%	44.77%	15.14%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CPB or HSY?

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPB or HSY?

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.

Is CPB or HSY a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media refer more to CPB or HSY?

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

Do analysts rate CPB or HSY?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CPB or HSY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's	$10.12B	1.01	$567M	$1.73	19.75
Hershey	$10.75B	3.04	$2.22B	$8.11	19.90

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPB or HSY?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Campbell's	Outperform Votes 477 40.84%	Underperform Votes 691 59.16%
Hershey	Outperform 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.