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J. M. Smucker (SJM) Competitors

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$112.62 -2.33 (-2.03%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SJM vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, PPC, CAG, CPB, and SFD

Should you be buying J. M. Smucker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. M. Smucker include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell's (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

J. M. Smucker vs.

J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

J. M. Smucker presently has a consensus target price of $125.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.62%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $161.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Given J. M. Smucker's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
J. M. Smucker
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J. M. Smucker$8.79B1.36$744M-$2.41-46.73
Hershey$10.75B2.85$2.22B$8.1118.66

J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of 5.96%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J. M. Smucker5.96% 14.35% 5.44%
Hershey 19.83%44.77%15.14%

In the previous week, Hershey had 9 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Hershey and 15 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Hershey's score of 1.22 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J. M. Smucker
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hershey
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J. M. Smucker received 86 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.99% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 50.54% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J. M. SmuckerOutperform Votes
691
60.99%
Underperform Votes
442
39.01%
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.54%
Underperform Votes
592
49.46%

81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. J. M. Smucker pays out -179.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 67.6% 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. J. M. Smucker has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

J. M. Smucker beats Hershey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerCanned fruits & specialties IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.98B$4.20B$17.53B$19.41B
Dividend Yield3.83%3.83%3.07%3.83%
P/E Ratio22.8013.1516.3034.23
Price / Sales1.360.604.5934.85
Price / Cash7.766.1716.3917.51
Price / Book1.550.906.174.69
Net Income$744M$267.55M$737.42M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.04%0.73%-0.39%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-4.37%-1.99%3.16%7.46%
1 Year Performance0.71%-9.77%-2.76%3.96%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.59 of 5 stars
$112.62
-2.0%
$125.70
+11.6%
+0.5%$11.98B$8.79B22.806,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HSY
Hershey
3.7873 of 5 stars
$156.56
-1.2%
$161.40
+3.1%
-27.0%$31.69B$10.75B14.3619,900Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.6522 of 5 stars
$54.74
-0.7%
$64.69
+18.2%
-24.5%$30.17B$19.64B11.9032,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
2.9618 of 5 stars
$82.41
+0.1%
$79.41
-3.6%
+31.9%$28.59B$12.63B21.2930,000Insider Trade
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
4.2594 of 5 stars
$74.22
-1.6%
$83.14
+12.0%
-1.9%$19.90B$6.73B25.3314,200News Coverage
Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.5634 of 5 stars
$55.82
-0.2%
$62.63
+12.2%
-7.7%$19.88B$53.62B18.86142,000Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.0026 of 5 stars
$30.10
-1.4%
$32.33
+7.4%
-19.3%$16.55B$11.91B20.6220,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.1833 of 5 stars
$48.36
-0.6%
$48.40
+0.1%
+34.7%$11.47B$17.98B10.6161,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.0058 of 5 stars
$22.93
-0.2%
$27.50
+19.9%
-27.0%$10.95B$11.74B22.4818,000News Coverage
CPB
Campbell's
4.0726 of 5 stars
$35.40
-0.3%
$44.00
+24.3%
-25.6%$10.56B$10.12B19.3414,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SFD
Smithfield Foods
2.5772 of 5 stars
$23.15
-0.7%
$27.86
+20.3%
N/A$9.10B$14.47B10.2036,389

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