HSY vs. KHC, GIS, CTVA, KVUE, KMB, KDP, STZ, SYY, ABEV, and EL
Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include Kraft Heinz (KHC), General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Sysco (SYY), Ambev (ABEV), and Estée Lauder Companies (EL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Kraft Heinz received 23 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 53.17% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Hershey. Kraft Heinz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kraft Heinz pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 54.3% 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. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Kraft Heinz shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 10 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 18 mentions for Hershey. Kraft Heinz's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Hershey's score of 0.81 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kraft Heinz presently has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.51%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $213.06, suggesting a potential upside of 2.36%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kraft Heinz is more favorable than Hershey.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 10.62%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
Summary
Kraft Heinz beats Hershey on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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