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MKC vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, HRL, PPC, SJM, CAG, CPB, and SFD

Should you be buying McCormick & Company, Incorporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell's (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated vs.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McCormick & Company, Incorporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
McCormick & Company, Incorporated$6.73B3.01$788.50M$2.9125.94
Hershey$11.20B2.98$2.22B$10.9015.12

McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 50.3% 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. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margin of 11.73%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McCormick & Company, Incorporated11.73% 14.89% 6.10%
Hershey 19.83%44.77%15.14%

79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hershey received 143 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.68% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote while only 50.76% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
McCormick & Company, IncorporatedOutperform Votes
462
57.68%
Underperform Votes
339
42.32%
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.76%
Underperform Votes
587
49.24%

McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus price target of $83.14, suggesting a potential upside of 10.14%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $163.35, suggesting a potential downside of 0.88%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

In the previous week, Hershey had 29 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Hershey and 8 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Hershey's score of 1.20 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hershey
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Hershey on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MKC vs. The Competition

MetricMcCormick & Company, Incorporatedfood preparations & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.20B$2.81B$17.34B$18.97B
Dividend Yield2.40%2.58%2.92%4.03%
P/E Ratio25.7017.5315.4932.91
Price / Sales3.010.914.1327.66
Price / Cash21.1411.1416.3917.53
Price / Book3.801.816.294.48
Net Income$788.50M$133.84M$731.54M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.63%-1.86%0.75%0.75%
1 Month Performance-8.18%-7.11%-0.10%-2.61%
1 Year Performance1.26%1.30%-1.66%4.53%

McCormick & Company, Incorporated Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.9925 of 5 stars
$75.05
-2.1%
$83.14
+10.8%
+0.8%$20.13B$6.73B25.6114,200Positive News
HSY
Hershey
4.3708 of 5 stars
$163.30
+0.0%
$163.35
+0.0%
-13.7%$33.05B$11.20B14.9819,900Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.5405 of 5 stars
$55.78
-0.6%
$65.00
+16.5%
-19.5%$30.75B$19.64B12.1332,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.0285 of 5 stars
$82.43
-0.2%
$77.96
-5.4%
+43.0%$28.46B$12.75B21.3030,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
News Coverage
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.4624 of 5 stars
$60.10
-0.9%
$61.78
+2.8%
+1.0%$21.41B$53.61B20.30142,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.5469 of 5 stars
$29.51
-0.6%
$32.33
+9.6%
-15.9%$16.23B$11.91B20.2120,000Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.3334 of 5 stars
$53.31
-0.4%
$48.40
-9.2%
+51.5%$12.65B$17.88B11.6961,500Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SJM
J. M. Smucker
3.9142 of 5 stars
$114.03
-1.0%
$126.50
+10.9%
+1.2%$12.13B$8.79B23.086,700Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.3657 of 5 stars
$24.08
-0.1%
$27.90
+15.9%
-19.8%$11.49B$11.74B23.6118,000Ex-Dividend
Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
3.5257 of 5 stars
$35.84
-1.2%
$44.27
+23.5%
-20.2%$10.69B$10.12B19.5814,700Analyst Revision
SFD
Smithfield Foods
3.8853 of 5 stars
$19.91
-0.3%
$27.86
+39.9%
N/A$7.83B$14.14B8.7736,389Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage

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