SJM vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, 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), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), 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. Its Competitors
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 38 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 20 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat J. M. Smucker's score of 0.34 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hershey presently has a consensus price target of $158.84, suggesting a potential downside of 5.46%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $117.55, suggesting a potential upside of 22.59%. Given J. M. Smucker's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Hershey.
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.
J. M. Smucker received 91 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.89% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Hershey pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker pays out -179.3% 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. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and J. M. Smucker has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hershey has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are held 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
J. M. Smucker beats Hershey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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