TSN vs. PPC, IFF, MKC, BF.B, HRL, CLX, CHD, CELH, CAG, and TAP
Should you be buying Tyson Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tyson Foods include Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), Church & Dwight (CHD), Celsius (CELH), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Molson Coors Beverage (TAP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyson Foods received 420 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tyson Foods and 9 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Tyson Foods' score of 0.97 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pilgrim's Pride currently has a consensus price target of $37.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $58.80, indicating a potential downside of 3.43%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pilgrim's Pride is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
Pilgrim's Pride has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pilgrim's Pride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of -1.62%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 12.90% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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