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CPB vs. CHEF, KHC, CAG, FLO, GIS, HRL, LW, SJM, SYY, and HSY

Should you be buying Campbell's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell's include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Flowers Foods (FLO), General Mills (GIS), Hormel Foods (HRL), Lamb Weston (LW), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Sysco (SYY), and Hershey (HSY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Campbell's vs. Its Competitors

Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

52.3% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held 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, Campbell's had 14 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Campbell's and 4 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Campbell's' score of 1.22 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Campbell's has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. Campbell's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$10.23B0.95$567M$1.5121.53
Chefs' Warehouse$3.95B0.64$55.48M$1.6038.47

Campbell's currently has a consensus price target of $39.06, suggesting a potential upside of 20.13%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $70.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.38%. Given Campbell's' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Campbell's has a net margin of 4.44% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. Campbell's' return on equity of 23.22% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Campbell's4.44% 23.22% 5.77%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Campbell's beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CPB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CPB vs. The Competition

MetricCampbell'sFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.66B$8.31B$16.00B$9.81B
Dividend Yield4.79%3.44%3.09%4.11%
P/E Ratio21.5321.9819.1325.11
Price / Sales0.951.7347.14115.16
Price / Cash7.1512.6314.8159.05
Price / Book2.563.335.746.18
Net Income$567M$401.57M$687.66M$265.11M
7 Day Performance0.22%0.30%2.47%4.21%
1 Month Performance5.01%-0.86%-0.10%2.01%
1 Year Performance-33.79%-0.83%6.14%23.74%

Campbell's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell's
3.6113 of 5 stars
$32.51
+0.3%
$39.06
+20.1%
-33.6%$9.66B$10.23B21.5314,400News Coverage
Positive News
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.2214 of 5 stars
$65.76
+0.4%
$70.40
+7.1%
+61.2%$2.68B$3.79B41.085,029
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.3088 of 5 stars
$27.36
+1.2%
$30.35
+11.0%
-19.1%$32.38B$25.85B-6.0936,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.8272 of 5 stars
$19.03
+1.2%
$22.58
+18.7%
-36.5%$9.08B$11.61B7.9618,300News Coverage
Positive News
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5954 of 5 stars
$15.99
-0.7%
$19.00
+18.9%
-30.6%$3.38B$5.10B14.8110,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
GIS
General Mills
4.5329 of 5 stars
$49.57
+0.8%
$59.73
+20.5%
-27.8%$26.88B$19.49B12.0933,000Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.5877 of 5 stars
$28.26
-0.1%
$32.86
+16.3%
-11.1%$15.55B$11.92B20.7920,000Positive News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.5125 of 5 stars
$51.91
-2.3%
$67.40
+29.8%
-11.3%$7.23B$6.45B20.6910,100
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.1718 of 5 stars
$109.81
+0.2%
$117.67
+7.2%
-7.5%$11.70B$8.73B-9.508,000
SYY
Sysco
4.6425 of 5 stars
$80.51
+1.6%
$85.69
+6.4%
+4.9%$39.00B$81.37B21.5776,000Positive News
Insider Trade
HSY
Hershey
3.9049 of 5 stars
$189.04
+0.1%
$169.68
-10.2%
-9.5%$38.31B$11.20B25.1120,030Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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