SJM vs. CPB, LANC, 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), Lancaster Colony (LANC), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Campbell's currently has a consensus target price of $39.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.96%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus target price of $117.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.63%. Given Campbell's' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.
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.
52.4% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds 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.
In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 6 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 21 mentions for Campbell's. Campbell's' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat J. M. Smucker's score of 0.83 indicating that Campbell's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 pays out -37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker has increased its dividend for 27 consecutive years.
Summary
Campbell's beats J. M. Smucker on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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