Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) Vs. HSY, KO, PEP, PM, UL, BUD, DEO, BTI, MO, and KOF
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Hershey (HSY), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Unilever (UL), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Altria Group (MO), and Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Procter & Gamble vs.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
63.6% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Procter & Gamble presently has a consensus target price of $164.29, indicating a potential upside of 13.14%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $219.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.58%. Given Procter & Gamble's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Hershey.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $3.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Procter & Gamble pays out 63.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 46.3% 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.
Procter & Gamble received 272 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Hershey. Procter & Gamble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 8 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 8 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Procter & Gamble's score of -0.02 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.33% compared to Hershey's net margin of 17.29%. Hershey's return on equity of 61.65% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Hershey on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) vs. Its Competitors
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