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
Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Campbell's has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Campbell's had 6 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Campbell's and 12 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Campbell's' score of 0.67 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Campbell's has a net margin of 5.87% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -16.75%. Campbell's' return on equity of 22.95% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.
Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Campbell's pays out 78.0% 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 pays out -32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years.
52.3% of Campbell's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Campbell's currently has a consensus target price of $34.82, suggesting a potential upside of 16.51%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus target price of $118.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Campbell's is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.
Summary
Campbell's beats J. M. Smucker on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
