Tyson Foods (TSN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TSN or HSY?

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 50.54% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 772 65.31%	Underperform Votes 410 34.69%
Hershey	Outperform Votes 605 50.54%	Underperform Votes 592 49.46%

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

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

Is TSN or HSY 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
Tyson Foods	1.96%	6.87%	3.38%
Hershey	19.83%	44.77%	15.14%

Is TSN or HSY a better dividend stock?

Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tyson Foods has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, TSN or HSY?

Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TSN or HSY?

In the previous week, Hershey had 10 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hershey and 10 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Hershey's score of 1.18 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tyson Foods	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hershey	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TSN or HSY?

Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Tyson Foods	$53.62B	0.37	$800M	$2.57	21.91
Hershey	$10.75B	2.85	$2.22B	$8.11	18.66

Do analysts recommend TSN or HSY?

Tyson Foods presently has a consensus target price of $62.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $161.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Hershey.

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

Summary

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