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$30.51 +0.04 (+0.13%)
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HRL vs. KHC, COTY, MKC, POST, TSN, HSY, GIS, K, PPC, and SJM

Should you be buying Hormel Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hormel Foods include Kraft Heinz (KHC), Coty (COTY), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Post (POST), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and J. M. Smucker (SJM).

Hormel Foods vs. Its Competitors

Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 21 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 13 mentions for Hormel Foods. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Kraft Heinz's score of 0.68 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hormel Foods
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kraft Heinz
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hormel Foods currently has a consensus target price of $32.86, suggesting a potential upside of 7.69%. Kraft Heinz has a consensus target price of $30.47, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given Kraft Heinz's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kraft Heinz is more favorable than Hormel Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hormel Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Kraft Heinz
3 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Hormel Foods pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kraft Heinz pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods has raised its dividend for 60 consecutive years. Kraft Heinz is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Kraft Heinz has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.27%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 10.20% beat Kraft Heinz's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hormel Foods6.27% 10.20% 6.11%
Kraft Heinz 10.44%7.37%4.06%

41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Hormel Foods. Kraft Heinz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hormel Foods$11.92B1.41$805.04M$1.3622.43
Kraft Heinz$25.85B1.19$2.74B$2.1911.91

Summary

Hormel Foods beats Kraft Heinz on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HRL vs. The Competition

MetricHormel FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.76B$8.23B$16.38B$20.71B
Dividend Yield3.81%6.45%3.10%3.72%
P/E Ratio22.437.9819.8127.80
Price / Sales1.4124.4456.7847.12
Price / Cash14.877.5214.9718.22
Price / Book2.091.386.154.59
Net Income$805.04M$614.40M$680.31M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.53%-0.96%-0.63%0.65%
1 Month Performance-0.52%-5.61%-0.57%4.26%
1 Year Performance1.19%-15.37%6.89%13.93%

Hormel Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.1355 of 5 stars
$30.51
+0.1%
$32.86
+7.7%
+0.7%$16.76B$11.92B22.4320,000Positive News
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.7729 of 5 stars
$25.78
+0.7%
$30.47
+18.2%
-18.7%$30.51B$25.85B11.7737,000
COTY
Coty
4.3807 of 5 stars
$4.66
+1.1%
$7.80
+67.3%
-49.3%$4.06B$6.12B-9.7111,791
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.4444 of 5 stars
$75.60
-0.9%
$84.13
+11.3%
+3.5%$20.28B$6.72B26.2514,100Positive News
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POST
Post
3.9521 of 5 stars
$108.93
+0.2%
$130.50
+19.8%
+1.8%$6.07B$7.92B19.3811,480Trending News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.6265 of 5 stars
$55.79
+1.0%
$63.11
+13.1%
-0.6%$19.87B$53.31B21.71138,000Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.9015 of 5 stars
$165.74
-0.7%
$158.84
-4.2%
-4.6%$33.58B$11.20B20.4419,900Analyst Downgrade
GIS
General Mills
4.7734 of 5 stars
$51.75
+2.4%
$59.73
+15.4%
-17.6%$28.07B$19.49B12.6232,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.9482 of 5 stars
$79.37
+0.5%
$79.75
+0.5%
+41.2%$27.54B$12.75B20.0430,000Positive News
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PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0659 of 5 stars
$44.96
+0.9%
$48.67
+8.2%
+18.8%$10.66B$17.98B8.8761,600Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.6516 of 5 stars
$98.13
+2.6%
$115.80
+18.0%
-5.8%$10.45B$8.73B-8.498,000Positive News
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