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$106.68 -2.16 (-1.98%)
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POST vs. MKC, TSN, HRL, PPC, SJM, CAG, CPB, SFD, CALM, and LANC

Should you be buying Post stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Post include McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell's (CPB), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), and Lancaster Colony (LANC). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Post vs. Its Competitors

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Post's net margin of 4.53%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity of 14.43% beat Post's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McCormick & Company, Incorporated11.50% 14.43% 6.02%
Post 4.53%10.24%3.20%

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Post. Post 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$6.72B2.92$788.50M$2.8825.43
Post$7.92B0.75$366.90M$5.6218.98

79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Post shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus price target of $84.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.88%. Post has a consensus price target of $130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than McCormick & Company, Incorporated.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Post
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

In the previous week, Post had 67 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 85 mentions for Post and 18 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Post's score of -0.06 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Post
18 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
15 Negative mention(s)
10 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Post on 10 of the 17 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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POST vs. The Competition

MetricPostFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.94B$8.39B$16.20B$20.42B
Dividend YieldN/A3.40%3.10%3.72%
P/E Ratio18.9825.9819.7927.79
Price / Sales0.751.7256.2838.15
Price / Cash7.0912.8814.9718.22
Price / Book1.523.636.164.58
Net Income$366.90M$398.24M$680.31M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.13%-0.69%0.77%1.63%
1 Month Performance-2.53%-1.85%-0.61%4.23%
1 Year Performance1.83%-1.84%6.75%14.20%

Post Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POST
Post
3.9893 of 5 stars
$106.68
-2.0%
$130.50
+22.3%
+3.8%$5.94B$7.92B18.9811,480Trending News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.3544 of 5 stars
$74.96
+2.6%
$84.13
+12.2%
+6.2%$20.10B$6.72B25.7614,100Positive News
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TSN
Tyson Foods
4.638 of 5 stars
$55.14
+1.3%
$63.11
+14.5%
+1.6%$19.64B$53.62B21.46138,000Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.2228 of 5 stars
$30.86
+1.5%
$32.86
+6.5%
+1.3%$16.97B$11.92B22.6920,000Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.0669 of 5 stars
$46.08
+1.4%
$48.67
+5.6%
+20.2%$10.93B$17.88B9.0961,600Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.719 of 5 stars
$97.46
+0.5%
$115.80
+18.8%
-5.5%$10.37B$8.73B-8.438,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.3822 of 5 stars
$21.62
+0.6%
$25.36
+17.3%
-25.7%$10.32B$12.05B31.7918,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CPB
Campbell's
3.678 of 5 stars
$32.01
+0.5%
$40.11
+25.3%
-30.9%$9.54B$9.64B21.2014,400
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.4502 of 5 stars
$23.61
+1.1%
$27.86
+18.0%
N/A$9.28B$14.14B10.4036,500Positive News
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.6728 of 5 stars
$101.55
-0.5%
$83.00
-18.3%
+63.6%$4.98B$2.33B5.023,067Analyst Upgrade
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.7027 of 5 stars
$171.89
+1.7%
$203.50
+18.4%
-8.6%$4.74B$1.87B27.953,400

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This page (NYSE:POST) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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