TSN vs. PPC, CELH, MKC, BF.B, HRL, IFF, CLX, CHD, CAG, and CPB
Should you be buying Tyson Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tyson Foods include Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Celsius (CELH), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Hormel Foods (HRL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Clorox (CLX), Church & Dwight (CHD), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Campbell Soup (CPB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 2.80% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of -1.16%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 17.35% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.
16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 10 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Tyson Foods and 8 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 0.89 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pilgrim's Pride has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pilgrim's Pride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tyson Foods received 420 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
Pilgrim's Pride presently has a consensus price target of $37.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.19%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $60.22, suggesting a potential downside of 1.16%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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