MKC vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, K, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
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), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellanova (K), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margin of 11.07%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.
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.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus target price of $76.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.61%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $204.89, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than McCormick & Company, Incorporated.
79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 54.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Hershey had 13 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hershey and 6 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Hershey's score of 0.47 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hershey received 148 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.85% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Summary
Hershey beats McCormick & Company, Incorporated on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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