HSY vs. SYY, CTVA, KVUE, ABEV, GIS, KDP, CCEP, ADM, KMB, and KHC
Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include Sysco (SYY), Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), Ambev (ABEV), General Mills (GIS), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Kraft Heinz (KHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Sysco (NYSE:SYY) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Sysco pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Sysco pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 60.6% 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. Sysco has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Hershey had 5 more articles in the media than Sysco. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Hershey and 13 mentions for Sysco. Sysco's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Hershey's score of 0.82 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sysco has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sysco. Sysco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.4% of Sysco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sysco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hershey has a net margin of 16.67% compared to Hershey's net margin of 2.69%. Hershey's return on equity of 105.22% beat Sysco's return on equity.
Sysco currently has a consensus target price of $85.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $223.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.32%. Given Sysco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Sysco.
Hershey received 112 more outperform votes than Sysco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.83% of users gave Sysco an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Summary
Hershey beats Sysco on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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