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POST vs. MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, CPB, PPC, SJM, CALM, LANC, and FLO

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), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Flowers Foods (FLO). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Post vs.

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

Post currently has a consensus target price of $127.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.82%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a consensus target price of $83.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than McCormick & Company, Incorporated.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Post
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Post$7.92B0.81$366.90M$6.0718.25
McCormick & Company, Incorporated$6.72B3.05$788.50M$2.9326.07

Post has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Post's net margin of 4.94%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity of 14.89% beat Post's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Post4.94% 10.40% 3.37%
McCormick & Company, Incorporated 11.73%14.89%6.10%

In the previous week, Post had 89 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for Post and 12 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Post's score of 0.23 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
Post
33 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

McCormick & Company, Incorporated received 37 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.57% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PostOutperform Votes
425
67.57%
Underperform Votes
204
32.43%
McCormick & Company, IncorporatedOutperform Votes
462
57.75%
Underperform Votes
338
42.25%

94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of Post shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Post on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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POST vs. The Competition

MetricPostGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.45B$10.57B$16.05B$20.40B
Dividend YieldN/A3.31%2.88%3.67%
P/E Ratio18.2526.0315.9638.75
Price / Sales0.811.933.6716.05
Price / Cash6.9049.7016.8820.34
Price / Book1.584.966.895.79
Net Income$366.90M$562.96M$621.53M$1.00B
7 Day Performance5.73%-0.40%-0.55%-0.58%
1 Month Performance4.68%0.18%1.88%4.04%
1 Year Performance5.95%17.89%7.31%15.59%

Post Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POST
Post
4.2155 of 5 stars
$111.71
+0.6%
$127.17
+13.8%
+6.2%$6.50B$7.92B18.4011,480Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.3293 of 5 stars
$78.03
+1.0%
$83.75
+7.3%
+19.4%$20.92B$6.72B26.6314,100Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.6422 of 5 stars
$57.80
+2.3%
$60.80
+5.2%
+11.8%$20.57B$53.31B25.69138,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.027 of 5 stars
$29.62
-1.2%
$31.17
+5.2%
-0.3%$16.26B$11.92B20.2920,000
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.6209 of 5 stars
$25.48
-1.6%
$30.33
+19.1%
-9.1%$12.16B$12.05B24.9818,500
CPB
Campbell Soup
4.2135 of 5 stars
$38.13
-1.7%
$50.17
+31.6%
-9.6%$11.37B$9.64B20.8414,700
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.4301 of 5 stars
$47.81
+2.7%
$45.50
-4.8%
+92.4%$11.34B$17.36B11.5561,200
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.4382 of 5 stars
$105.95
-0.9%
$126.78
+19.7%
-18.4%$11.27B$8.18B21.459,000
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
3.4226 of 5 stars
$106.70
-1.1%
$67.00
-37.2%
+105.1%$5.23B$2.33B8.303,067Short Interest ↑
Positive News
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.6807 of 5 stars
$166.50
-1.3%
$211.50
+27.0%
+1.0%$4.59B$1.87B28.813,400Analyst Forecast
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5732 of 5 stars
$19.53
-0.1%
$22.67
+16.0%
-15.6%$4.11B$5.09B17.139,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:POST) was last updated on 2/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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