Hormel Foods (HRL) Competitors

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MKC or HRL?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated received 9 more outperform votes than Hormel Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.99% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote while only 57.73% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	Outperform Votes 457 57.99%	Underperform Votes 331 42.01%
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 448 57.73%	Underperform Votes 328 42.27%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MKC or HRL?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Hormel Foods 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	$6.66B	2.98	$680.60M	$2.62	28.25
Hormel Foods	$12.11B	1.64	$793.57M	$1.46	24.87

Which has more volatility & risk, MKC or HRL?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MKC or HRL?

79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MKC or HRL more profitable?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 10.56% compared to McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margin of 6.55%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 14.45% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	10.56%	14.45%	5.70%
Hormel Foods	6.55%	11.51%	6.64%

Do analysts prefer MKC or HRL?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated currently has a consensus price target of $77.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.22%. Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.62%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Hormel Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hormel Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Does the media favor MKC or HRL?

In the previous week, McCormick & Company, Incorporated had 1 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated and 10 mentions for Hormel Foods. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Hormel Foods' score of 1.05 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hormel Foods	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MKC or HRL a better dividend stock?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 59 consecutive years. Hormel Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Hormel Foods on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.