Tyson Foods (TSN) Competitors

Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MDLZ or TSN?

Mondelez International received 123 more outperform votes than Tyson Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.25% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mondelez International	Outperform Votes 895 70.25%	Underperform Votes 379 29.75%
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 772 65.48%	Underperform Votes 407 34.52%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MDLZ or TSN?

Mondelez International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyson Foods. Mondelez International 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
Mondelez International	$36.44B	2.41	$4.61B	$3.42	19.87
Tyson Foods	$53.61B	0.40	$800M	$2.96	20.49

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MDLZ or TSN?

78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Mondelez International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MDLZ or TSN more profitable?

Mondelez International has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.96%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 16.75% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mondelez International	12.68%	16.75%	6.38%
Tyson Foods	1.96%	6.87%	3.38%

Which has more volatility & risk, MDLZ or TSN?

Mondelez International has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MDLZ or TSN?

In the previous week, Mondelez International had 43 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Mondelez International and 19 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.79 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mondelez International	30 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tyson Foods	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MDLZ or TSN?

Mondelez International presently has a consensus price target of $70.55, suggesting a potential upside of 3.80%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $61.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Tyson Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mondelez International	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Tyson Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Is MDLZ or TSN a better dividend stock?

Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mondelez International pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tyson Foods pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Tyson Foods has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Summary

Mondelez International beats Tyson Foods on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.