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MKC vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, HRL, SJM, CAG, PPC, 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), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell's (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated vs.

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

Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $161.40, suggesting a potential upside of 6.63%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a consensus target price of $83.14, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Hershey.

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

58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 50.54% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.54%
Underperform Votes
592
49.46%
McCormick & Company, IncorporatedOutperform Votes
462
57.68%
Underperform Votes
339
42.32%

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hershey pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.9% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Hershey had 2 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hershey and 19 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Hershey's score of 1.22 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hershey
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Hershey19.83% 44.77% 15.14%
McCormick & Company, Incorporated 11.73%14.89%6.10%

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
Hershey$10.75B2.85$2.22B$8.1118.66
McCormick & Company, Incorporated$6.73B2.89$788.50M$2.9124.95

Hershey has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Hershey on 13 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$19.47B$3.01B$17.53B$19.41B
Dividend Yield2.39%2.59%3.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio24.7819.4416.3034.23
Price / Sales2.890.904.5934.85
Price / Cash21.1411.1416.3917.51
Price / Book3.661.756.174.69
Net Income$788.50M$148.73M$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.58%-3.76%-0.39%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-4.20%-1.43%3.16%7.46%
1 Year Performance-1.41%-2.01%-2.76%3.96%

McCormick & Company, Incorporated Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.3493 of 5 stars
$72.60
-2.2%
$83.14
+14.5%
-1.9%$19.47B$6.73B24.7814,200News Coverage
Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.7881 of 5 stars
$167.91
-1.7%
$161.40
-3.9%
-27.0%$33.99B$10.75B15.4019,900Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.7075 of 5 stars
$54.86
+0.7%
$65.00
+18.5%
-24.5%$30.24B$19.64B11.9332,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
2.9606 of 5 stars
$82.29
-0.2%
$79.41
-3.5%
+31.9%$28.55B$12.63B21.2630,000Insider Trade
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.4881 of 5 stars
$55.93
+1.1%
$62.63
+12.0%
-7.7%$19.92B$53.62B18.90142,000Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.0032 of 5 stars
$29.56
+1.2%
$32.33
+9.4%
-19.3%$16.26B$11.91B20.2520,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.5861 of 5 stars
$112.56
+0.9%
$126.50
+12.4%
+0.5%$11.98B$8.79B22.796,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.0058 of 5 stars
$23.28
+0.8%
$27.50
+18.1%
-27.0%$11.11B$11.74B22.8218,000
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.1807 of 5 stars
$46.31
-1.6%
$48.40
+4.5%
+34.7%$10.98B$17.98B10.1661,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CPB
Campbell's
4.1689 of 5 stars
$35.94
+1.8%
$44.27
+23.2%
-25.6%$10.72B$10.12B19.6414,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.5697 of 5 stars
$22.58
+0.5%
$27.86
+23.4%
N/A$8.88B$14.47B9.9536,389

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