POST vs. TSN, MKC, K, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, LANC, and FLO
Should you be buying Post stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Post include Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellanova (K), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Flowers Foods (FLO). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Post has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Post's net margin of -1.16%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 10.93% beat Post's return on equity.
Tyson Foods currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.66%. Post has a consensus target price of $113.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.31%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
In the previous week, Post had 38 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Post and 11 mentions for Tyson Foods. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Tyson Foods' score of 0.02 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tyson Foods received 349 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 66.26% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.
Summary
Post beats Tyson Foods on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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