ACI vs. SJM, TAP, LW, USFD, CPB, SCI, COTY, CAG, PPC, and ELF
Should you be buying Albertsons Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albertsons Companies include J. M. Smucker (SJM), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Lamb Weston (LW), US Foods (USFD), Campbell Soup (CPB), Service Co. International (SCI), Coty (COTY), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and e.l.f. Beauty (ELF). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Albertsons Companies pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker pays out -481.8% 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. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. M. Smucker received 621 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 46.83% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
Albertsons Companies currently has a consensus price target of $24.45, suggesting a potential upside of 18.57%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $137.47, suggesting a potential upside of 19.32%. Given J. M. Smucker's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
Albertsons Companies has a net margin of 1.64% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -1.24%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 68.02% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.
In the previous week, Albertsons Companies had 2 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Albertsons Companies and 5 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 1.31 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albertsons Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Albertsons Companies beats J. M. Smucker on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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