Tyson Foods (TSN) Competitors

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Is HSY or TSN more profitable?

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.96%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hershey	19.83%	44.77%	15.14%
Tyson Foods	1.96%	6.87%	3.38%

Is HSY or TSN a better dividend stock?

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hershey pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tyson Foods pays out 77.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Tyson Foods has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to HSY or TSN?

In the previous week, Hershey had 10 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Hershey and 9 mentions for Tyson Foods. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Tyson Foods' score of 0.97 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hershey	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tyson Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HSY or TSN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hershey	$10.75B	3.25	$2.22B	$8.11	21.25
Tyson Foods	$53.62B	0.37	$800M	$2.57	21.65

Which has more volatility and risk, HSY or TSN?

Hershey has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HSY or TSN?

58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend HSY or TSN?

Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $158.84, indicating a potential downside of 7.83%. Tyson Foods has a consensus target price of $62.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Hershey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hershey	5 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Tyson Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSY or TSN?

Tyson Foods received 167 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hershey	Outperform Votes 605 50.50%	Underperform Votes 593 49.50%
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 772 65.31%	Underperform Votes 410 34.69%

Summary

Tyson Foods beats Hershey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.