FLO vs. SJM, PPC, CAG, CPB, SFD, POST, CALM, LANC, TR, and JJSF
Should you be buying Flowers Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowers Foods include J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell's (CPB), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Post (POST), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), and J&J Snack Foods (JJSF). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Flowers Foods vs.
J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
J. M. Smucker received 192 more outperform votes than Flowers Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.53% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote.
81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. M. Smucker has a net margin of 5.96% compared to Flowers Foods' net margin of 4.86%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 19.48% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.
J. M. Smucker has higher revenue and earnings than Flowers Foods. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowers Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 8 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Flowers Foods and 12 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.25 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J. M. Smucker presently has a consensus price target of $125.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Flowers Foods has a consensus price target of $19.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Flowers Foods' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flowers Foods is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.
J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. J. M. Smucker pays out -179.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowers Foods pays out 88.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J. M. Smucker has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years and Flowers Foods has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
Summary
J. M. Smucker beats Flowers Foods on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FLO) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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