HRL vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, MKC, K, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Hormel Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hormel Foods include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellanova (K), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Hormel Foods pays out 80.7% 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 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Hormel Foods presently has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.07%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 5.87%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hershey is more favorable than Hormel Foods.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hormel Foods. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.37%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.
Hershey received 157 more outperform votes than Hormel Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hershey had 10 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hershey and 9 mentions for Hormel Foods. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Hershey's score of 0.47 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hershey beats Hormel Foods on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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