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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts rate TSN or HSY?

Tyson Foods currently has a consensus target price of $63.11, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $158.84, indicating a potential downside of 10.31%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Hershey	5 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Which has better earnings and 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	$53.31B	0.38	$800M	$2.57	22.35
Hershey	$11.20B	3.20	$2.22B	$8.11	21.84

Does the media favor TSN or HSY?

In the previous week, Hershey had 22 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Hershey and 16 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Hershey's score of 0.69 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)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hershey	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TSN or HSY?

67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 3.5%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Is TSN or HSY more profitable?

Hershey has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.70%. Hershey's return on equity of 38.70% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tyson Foods	1.70%	7.43%	3.70%
Hershey	15.32%	38.70%	13.12%

Which has more volatility and risk, TSN or HSY?

Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tyson Foods beats Hershey on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.