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$104.73 +0.56 (+0.54%)
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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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 1 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 16 mentions for Campbell's. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Campbell's' score of 0.41 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
J. M. Smucker
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Campbell's4.44% 23.22% 5.77%
J. M. Smucker -14.10%15.20%5.65%

Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Campbell's currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.19%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $117.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.95
J. M. Smucker
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$9.64B0.94$567M$1.5120.19
J. M. Smucker$8.73B1.28-$1.23B-$11.56-9.06

Summary

Campbell's and J. M. Smucker tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SJM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.15B$8.31B$16.11B$20.56B
Dividend Yield4.17%3.48%3.13%3.74%
P/E Ratio-9.0626.3420.0328.05
Price / Sales1.281.6745.3050.52
Price / Cash11.8012.7014.6722.25
Price / Book1.833.626.164.61
Net Income-$1.23B$398.24M$680.31M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.88%0.38%1.09%3.26%
1 Month Performance11.04%-0.64%1.02%4.37%
1 Year Performance-4.25%-0.08%7.11%14.95%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.7518 of 5 stars
$104.73
+0.5%
$117.33
+12.0%
-4.7%$11.15B$8.73B-9.068,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CPB
Campbell's
3.6947 of 5 stars
$30.62
-0.6%
$40.11
+31.0%
-32.3%$9.13B$10.23B20.2814,400Analyst Forecast
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.7895 of 5 stars
$172.84
+0.6%
$203.50
+17.7%
-5.6%$4.77B$1.87B28.103,400Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.786 of 5 stars
$20.46
+0.3%
$25.36
+24.0%
-29.0%$9.77B$12.05B30.0918,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5726 of 5 stars
$15.99
+0.1%
$19.25
+20.4%
-27.3%$3.38B$5.10B14.8110,200
GIS
General Mills
4.775 of 5 stars
$51.86
+2.7%
$59.73
+15.2%
-18.3%$28.13B$19.49B12.6532,500Positive News
Analyst Revision
LW
Lamb Weston
4.9457 of 5 stars
$51.94
-2.7%
$67.73
+30.4%
-33.3%$7.33B$6.47B20.3710,700Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
POST
Post
4.0958 of 5 stars
$109.00
+0.2%
$130.50
+19.7%
+2.0%$6.07B$7.92B19.4011,480Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.6827 of 5 stars
$12.57
+1.0%
$17.69
+40.7%
-14.3%$1.78B$1.41B39.283,200
HSY
Hershey
3.9258 of 5 stars
$166.04
-0.6%
$158.84
-4.3%
-11.2%$33.64B$11.20B20.4719,900Trending News
K
Kellanova
4.0689 of 5 stars
$79.50
+0.6%
$79.75
+0.3%
+40.6%$27.58B$12.75B20.0830,000Trending News
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