SJM vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, MKC, K, HRL, CAG, CPB, PPC, and POST
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), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Kellanova (K), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. J. M. Smucker pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 54.3% 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.
J. M. Smucker currently has a consensus price target of $132.64, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 5.87%. Given J. M. Smucker's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Hershey.
In the previous week, Hershey had 11 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hershey and 8 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Hershey's score of 0.47 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% 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.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of 9.10%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
J. M. Smucker received 78 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Summary
Hershey beats J. M. Smucker on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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