Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) Vs. HSY, MDLZ, GIS, TSN, MKC, K, CAG, SJM, CPB, and PPC
Should you be buying Hormel Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hormel Foods include Hershey (HSY), Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellogg (K), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hormel Foods vs.
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hormel Foods pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 46.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
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 17.29% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 7.74%. Hershey's return on equity of 61.65% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.
Hormel Foods currently has a consensus target price of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.21%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $219.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.45%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Hormel Foods.
Hershey received 136 more outperform votes than Hormel Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.05% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
41.1% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hershey had 8 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hershey and 0 mentions for Hormel Foods. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hershey beats Hormel Foods on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HRL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) vs. Its Competitors
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