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$106.06 -2.84 (-2.61%)
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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.

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 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%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$9.64B0.96$567M$1.5120.52
J. M. Smucker$8.73B1.29-$1.23B-$11.56-9.17

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J. M. Smucker
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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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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$11.60B$8.42B$16.26B$20.85B
Dividend Yield3.97%3.50%3.17%3.65%
P/E Ratio-9.1722.7616.6826.34
Price / Sales1.291.7246.3559.22
Price / Cash12.4212.7114.8222.29
Price / Book1.863.556.084.66
Net Income-$1.23B$411.09M$692.22M$994.58M
7 Day Performance1.25%-1.37%-0.69%-0.29%
1 Month Performance10.50%0.17%3.01%4.91%
1 Year Performance-11.99%-3.05%-1.31%10.53%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.7353 of 5 stars
$106.06
-2.6%
$117.33
+10.6%
-10.2%$11.60B$8.73B-9.178,000Dividend Increase
CPB
Campbell's
3.7827 of 5 stars
$30.71
-1.7%
$39.72
+29.3%
-34.4%$9.16B$9.64B20.3414,400Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.7711 of 5 stars
$172.77
+0.6%
$203.50
+17.8%
-9.5%$4.76B$1.87B28.093,200Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.6161 of 5 stars
$15.62
-1.0%
$19.00
+21.7%
-31.1%$3.30B$5.08B14.4610,200News Coverage
GIS
General Mills
4.5731 of 5 stars
$50.94
-1.2%
$59.73
+17.3%
-23.0%$27.63B$19.49B12.4233,000
LW
Lamb Weston
4.8377 of 5 stars
$51.10
-0.4%
$67.64
+32.4%
-36.1%$7.21B$6.47B20.0410,700Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
POST
Post
4.0194 of 5 stars
$106.81
-0.2%
$130.00
+21.7%
-2.3%$5.95B$7.92B19.0111,480Trending News
UTZ
Utz Brands
4.5309 of 5 stars
$13.92
+1.3%
$17.69
+27.1%
-12.8%$1.97B$1.41B43.503,200Analyst Forecast
HSY
Hershey
3.9735 of 5 stars
$164.90
+0.1%
$158.84
-3.7%
-11.8%$33.41B$10.75B20.3320,030
K
Kellanova
3.4376 of 5 stars
$79.67
+0.3%
$79.75
+0.1%
+35.7%$27.64B$12.63B20.1224,000
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.795 of 5 stars
$54.32
+0.2%
$63.11
+16.2%
-10.8%$19.35B$53.31B21.14138,000

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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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