MKC vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, K, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying McCormick & Company, Incorporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellanova (K), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 10.56%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hershey had 13 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hershey and 8 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's score of 0.39 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McCormick & Company, Incorporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 64.1% 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. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and McCormick & Company, Incorporated has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hershey has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey received 147 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.99% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey presently has a consensus target price of $210.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a consensus target price of $77.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.83%. Given Hershey's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Hershey.
Summary
Hershey beats McCormick & Company, Incorporated on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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