MDLZ vs. DEO, BUD, MO, CL, BTI, UL, MNST, EL, STZ, and KDP
Should you be buying Mondelez International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondelez International include Diageo (DEO), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Altria Group (MO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), British American Tobacco (BTI), Unilever (UL), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and Diageo (NYSE:DEO) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mondelez International pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Mondelez International received 563 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Diageo.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Diageo's net margin of 0.00%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 16.11% beat Diageo's return on equity.
Mondelez International has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diageo has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 10 more articles in the media than Diageo. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Mondelez International and 9 mentions for Diageo. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.81 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mondelez International presently has a consensus price target of $80.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.37%. Diageo has a consensus price target of $166.37, suggesting a potential upside of 16.83%. Given Diageo's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Mondelez International.
78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Diageo on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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