POST vs. K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, LANC, and FLO
Should you be buying Post stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Post include Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Flowers Foods (FLO). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Post (NYSE:POST) and Kellanova (NYSE:K) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Post had 20 more articles in the media than Kellanova. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Post and 8 mentions for Kellanova. Kellanova's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Post's score of -0.06 indicating that Kellanova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kellanova received 108 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 52.18% of users gave Kellanova an outperform vote.
Post has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kellanova has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kellanova has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Post's net margin of 4.38%. Kellanova's return on equity of 37.07% beat Post's return on equity.
Post presently has a consensus target price of $113.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.34%. Kellanova has a consensus target price of $61.85, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than Kellanova.
Kellanova has higher revenue and earnings than Post. Post is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kellanova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Kellanova shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Post shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Kellanova shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Post and Kellanova tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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