POST vs. TSN, K, 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 Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellanova (K), 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.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyson Foods received 348 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 66.41% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Post's net margin of -1.16%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 10.93% beat Post's return on equity.
Tyson Foods currently has a consensus price target of $60.22, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Post has a consensus price target of $113.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.66%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
In the previous week, Post had 36 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Post and 9 mentions for Tyson Foods. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Tyson Foods' score of -0.26 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Post has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Post beats Tyson Foods on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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