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J. M. Smucker (SJM) Competitors

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SJM vs. CPB, CAG, FLO, GIS, LW, POST, UTZ, HSY, K, and TSN

Should you be buying J. M. Smucker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. M. Smucker include Campbell's (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Flowers Foods (FLO), General Mills (GIS), Lamb Weston (LW), Post (POST), Utz Brands (UTZ), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), and Tyson Foods (TSN).

J. M. Smucker vs. Its Competitors

J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J. M. Smucker$8.73B1.28-$1.23B-$11.56-9.10
Campbell's$10.23B0.92$567M$1.5120.78

Campbell's has a net margin of 4.44% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -14.10%. Campbell's' return on equity of 23.22% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
J. M. Smucker-14.10% 15.20% 5.65%
Campbell's 4.44%23.22%5.77%

J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. J. M. Smucker pays out -38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell's pays out 103.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J. M. Smucker has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years.

In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 33 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 18 mentions for Campbell's. Campbell's' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat J. M. Smucker's score of 0.53 indicating that Campbell's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
J. M. Smucker
15 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Campbell's
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J. M. Smucker presently has a consensus target price of $118.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.01%. Campbell's has a consensus target price of $38.44, suggesting a potential upside of 22.49%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Campbell's is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
J. M. Smucker
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90

J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell's shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of Campbell's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Campbell's beats J. M. Smucker on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.20B$8.26B$16.11B$21.26B
Dividend Yield3.98%3.41%3.03%3.53%
P/E Ratio-9.1022.3318.2629.24
Price / Sales1.281.7447.7753.45
Price / Cash12.6112.8114.7923.64
Price / Book1.843.405.835.37
Net Income-$1.23B$401.69M$677.55M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-6.91%0.37%0.94%2.96%
1 Month Performance-3.27%-2.56%-1.99%2.83%
1 Year Performance-8.34%-5.98%3.77%12.71%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.5403 of 5 stars
$105.40
-0.3%
$118.85
+12.8%
-12.3%$11.24B$8.73B-9.138,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell's
3.5446 of 5 stars
$32.34
-0.5%
$38.89
+20.3%
-35.6%$9.64B$9.64B21.4214,400
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.8953 of 5 stars
$19.00
-0.9%
$22.58
+18.9%
-38.7%$9.10B$11.61B7.9518,300Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
3.9736 of 5 stars
$15.75
+0.4%
$15.33
-2.6%
-33.8%$3.33B$5.08B15.1410,200Dividend Announcement
GIS
General Mills
4.5776 of 5 stars
$49.31
-0.7%
$59.73
+21.1%
-30.6%$26.75B$19.49B12.0333,000Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.5298 of 5 stars
$54.31
+0.3%
$67.40
+24.1%
-8.9%$7.57B$6.45B21.6410,100Positive News
POST
Post
3.6974 of 5 stars
$107.86
-0.6%
$131.25
+21.7%
-1.6%$5.86B$7.92B18.3411,480Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.6876 of 5 stars
$12.84
-0.7%
$17.29
+34.6%
-20.6%$1.82B$1.41B61.163,200Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.7888 of 5 stars
$178.51
+0.3%
$168.83
-5.4%
-4.9%$36.19B$11.20B23.7120,030Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.0678 of 5 stars
$80.02
-0.2%
$83.38
+4.2%
-1.3%$27.82B$12.75B21.0024,000
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.697 of 5 stars
$56.07
-1.3%
$61.33
+9.4%
-10.1%$19.95B$53.31B25.49138,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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