J. M. Smucker (SJM) Competitors

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$102.07 -3.10 (-2.95%)
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SJM vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, 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 General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

J. M. Smucker vs.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, General Mills had 16 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for General Mills and 11 mentions for J. M. Smucker. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat J. M. Smucker's score of 0.61 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Mills
20 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J. M. Smucker
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

General Mills has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than J. M. Smucker. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J. M. Smucker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Mills$19.86B1.63$2.50B$4.6012.79
J. M. Smucker$8.18B1.33$744M$4.9420.66

75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. General Mills pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker pays out 87.4% 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 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.

J. M. Smucker received 38 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 53.99% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MillsOutperform Votes
650
53.99%
Underperform Votes
554
46.01%
J. M. SmuckerOutperform Votes
688
61.21%
Underperform Votes
436
38.79%

General Mills currently has a consensus target price of $71.13, suggesting a potential upside of 20.85%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus target price of $126.78, suggesting a potential upside of 24.21%. Given J. M. Smucker's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than General Mills.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Mills
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
J. M. Smucker
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

General Mills has a net margin of 13.08% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of 5.96%. General Mills' return on equity of 27.55% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Mills13.08% 27.55% 8.28%
J. M. Smucker 5.96%14.35%5.44%

Summary

J. M. Smucker beats General Mills on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerCanned fruits & specialties IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.86B$3.81B$16.17B$20.30B
Dividend Yield4.19%4.19%2.87%3.67%
P/E Ratio20.6611.8219.8245.83
Price / Sales1.330.593.6516.45
Price / Cash7.465.8816.8820.33
Price / Book1.410.816.925.73
Net Income$744M$267.55M$621.53M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.81%3.23%1.39%0.13%
1 Month Performance-0.09%-0.04%1.07%1.37%
1 Year Performance-17.75%-9.04%7.13%16.03%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.3929 of 5 stars
$102.07
-2.9%
$126.78
+24.2%
-17.7%$10.86B$8.18B20.669,000Ex-Dividend
GIS
General Mills
4.866 of 5 stars
$58.13
-1.2%
$71.13
+22.4%
-8.2%$32.04B$19.86B12.6434,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HSY
Hershey
4.5827 of 5 stars
$153.98
-0.6%
$165.05
+7.2%
-17.3%$31.18B$11.20B14.1320,505Ex-Dividend
K
Kellanova
3.3329 of 5 stars
$82.25
-0.1%
$77.96
-5.2%
+48.3%$28.35B$12.75B21.2523,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.6853 of 5 stars
$76.68
-2.1%
$83.75
+9.2%
+16.5%$20.55B$6.72B26.1614,100Insider Trade
Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.7955 of 5 stars
$57.61
-0.6%
$61.10
+6.1%
+7.5%$20.53B$53.31B19.47138,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.2848 of 5 stars
$28.94
-0.9%
$31.17
+7.7%
-1.8%$15.89B$11.92B19.8320,000
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.5271 of 5 stars
$51.61
+1.1%
$45.50
-11.8%
+88.7%$12.23B$18.03B12.4661,200Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.531 of 5 stars
$24.52
-1.2%
$30.33
+23.7%
-7.0%$11.70B$12.05B24.0318,500
CPB
Campbell Soup
4.3186 of 5 stars
$37.36
-0.5%
$50.17
+34.3%
-6.9%$11.14B$9.89B20.4114,400Positive News
SFD
Smithfield Foods
N/A$21.25
+0.6%
N/AN/A$8.35BN/A0.0036,389

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