SJM vs. CPB, LANC, CAG, FLO, GIS, LW, POST, UTZ, HSY, and K
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), Conagra Brands (CAG), Flowers Foods (FLO), General Mills (GIS), Lamb Weston (LW), Post (POST), Utz Brands (UTZ), Hershey (HSY), and Kellanova (K).
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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
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 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.
Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its share 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 raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years.
In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 6 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 17 mentions for Campbell's. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Campbell's' score of 0.47 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Campbell's presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.04%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $117.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.01%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Campbell's is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.
52.4% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Campbell's and J. M. Smucker tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
