K vs. BYND, KHC, MDLZ, KGC, HSY, GIS, TSN, MKC, HRL, and SJM
Should you be buying Kellanova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kellanova include Beyond Meat (BYND), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Kinross Gold (KGC), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), and J. M. Smucker (SJM).
Kellanova vs. Its Competitors
Kellanova (NYSE:K) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Kellanova has a net margin of 10.93% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -49.70%. Kellanova's return on equity of 34.80% beat Beyond Meat's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kellanova had 48 more articles in the media than Beyond Meat. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Kellanova and 4 mentions for Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Kellanova's score of 0.32 indicating that Beyond Meat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kellanova has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kellanova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.9% of Kellanova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Kellanova shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held 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.
Kellanova currently has a consensus target price of $79.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.10%. Beyond Meat has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.61%. Given Beyond Meat's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than Kellanova.
Kellanova has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kellanova beats Beyond Meat on 12 of the 16 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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This page (NYSE:K) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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