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TSN vs. BYND, KHC, PPC, COTY, FLO, MED, SYY, HSY, K, and GIS

Should you be buying Tyson Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tyson Foods include Beyond Meat (BYND), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Coty (COTY), Flowers Foods (FLO), Medifast (MED), Sysco (SYY), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), and General Mills (GIS).

Tyson Foods vs. Its Competitors

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Tyson Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyson Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Beyond Meat$326.45M0.15-$160.28M-$2.18-0.30
Tyson Foods$53.31B0.35$800M$2.2023.88

In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 7 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Beyond Meat and 20 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Beyond Meat's score of -0.10 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Beyond Meat
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Tyson Foods
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tyson Foods has a net margin of 1.45% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -52.27%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 7.49% beat Beyond Meat's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beyond Meat-52.27% N/A -22.97%
Tyson Foods 1.45%7.49%3.77%

Beyond Meat currently has a consensus target price of $2.27, suggesting a potential upside of 251.09%. Tyson Foods has a consensus target price of $60.92, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Beyond Meat's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than Tyson Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Beyond Meat
6 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.25
Tyson Foods
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tyson Foods beats Beyond Meat on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TSN vs. The Competition

MetricTyson FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.67B$6.20B$16.23B$21.81B
Dividend Yield3.81%4.38%3.21%3.62%
P/E Ratio23.886.4917.7332.43
Price / Sales0.3529.0147.5981.24
Price / Cash7.466.9414.6918.06
Price / Book1.011.197.234.59
Net Income$800M$614.40M$680.68M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.84%-9.91%2.07%1.31%
1 Month Performance-2.00%-17.55%0.04%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-12.46%-36.99%-0.07%9.51%

Tyson Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.781 of 5 stars
$52.53
+0.7%
$60.92
+16.0%
-12.5%$18.67B$53.31B23.88138,000News Coverage
BYND
Beyond Meat
3.4932 of 5 stars
$1.03
-48.8%
$3.00
+191.3%
-89.9%$79.06M$301.35M-0.47880News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.3226 of 5 stars
$25.11
-0.2%
$29.06
+15.7%
-29.1%$29.72B$25.31B-5.5936,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
2.8827 of 5 stars
$37.79
-2.6%
$47.67
+26.1%
-17.7%$8.98B$18.18B7.2861,600Positive News
COTY
Coty
4.2327 of 5 stars
$4.33
+3.2%
$6.06
+40.2%
-43.6%$3.77B$5.89B-9.8311,636
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.6181 of 5 stars
$12.53
-0.6%
$15.33
+22.4%
-44.4%$2.65B$5.10B12.0410,200
MED
Medifast
3.005 of 5 stars
$13.27
flat
$16.50
+24.3%
-28.8%$145.84M$602.46M41.47870
SYY
Sysco
4.856 of 5 stars
$78.21
-0.3%
$85.85
+9.8%
+5.8%$37.42B$81.37B20.9775,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HSY
Hershey
3.9565 of 5 stars
$189.18
-1.5%
$175.89
-7.0%
+1.2%$38.35B$11.20B25.1220,030Positive News
Analyst Forecast
K
Kellanova
3.0571 of 5 stars
$82.81
-0.1%
$83.38
+0.7%
+2.5%$28.79B$12.75B21.7324,000
GIS
General Mills
4.5529 of 5 stars
$48.18
-2.4%
$55.82
+15.9%
-30.7%$25.70B$19.49B9.1133,000Positive News

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