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Campbell Soup (CPB) Competitors

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$41.25 -0.25 (-0.60%)
(As of 12:45 PM ET)

CPB vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, PPC, SJM, and POST

Should you be buying Campbell Soup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell Soup include General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Campbell Soup vs.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Campbell Soup (NASDAQ:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

General Mills currently has a consensus target price of $71.56, indicating a potential upside of 12.50%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $50.92, indicating a potential upside of 22.69%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than General Mills.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Mills
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Campbell Soup
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Mills$19.90B1.76$2.50B$4.6013.83
Campbell Soup$9.89B1.25$567M$1.8322.68

In the previous week, General Mills had 58 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for General Mills and 10 mentions for Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat General Mills' score of 0.31 indicating that Campbell Soup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Mills
17 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Campbell Soup
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

General Mills has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

General Mills received 173 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.04% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote while only 41.32% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MillsOutperform Votes
649
54.04%
Underperform Votes
552
45.96%
Campbell SoupOutperform Votes
476
41.32%
Underperform Votes
676
58.68%

General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Campbell Soup's net margin of 5.57%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.85% beat Campbell Soup's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Mills12.14% 26.85% 8.25%
Campbell Soup 5.57%23.79%6.24%

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. General Mills pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 85.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. General Mills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

General Mills beats Campbell Soup on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CPB vs. The Competition

MetricCampbell SoupFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.37B$14.57B$14.04B$9.08B
Dividend Yield3.44%4.10%2.81%4.24%
P/E Ratio22.6812.5521.9717.17
Price / Sales1.251.502.67117.15
Price / Cash9.4913.2021.1437.85
Price / Book3.222.385.854.78
Net Income$567M$710.61M$572.90M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.49%-3.61%-2.74%-1.36%
1 Month Performance-8.37%-11.04%-4.01%0.20%
1 Year Performance-3.49%28.75%2.83%15.30%

Campbell Soup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell Soup
3.1733 of 5 stars
$41.25
-0.6%
$50.92
+23.4%
-3.5%$12.30B$9.89B22.5414,400
GIS
General Mills
4.5659 of 5 stars
$66.32
-0.6%
$73.00
+10.1%
-1.4%$36.82B$19.80B15.8834,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
HSY
Hershey
3.9693 of 5 stars
$178.18
-2.7%
$185.17
+3.9%
-6.7%$36.06B$10.97B21.0920,505Positive News
K
Kellanova
2.8973 of 5 stars
$80.70
+0.2%
$76.35
-5.4%
+47.8%$27.82B$12.80B27.6823,000Analyst Forecast
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.8909 of 5 stars
$80.95
+0.5%
$81.00
+0.1%
+16.2%$21.72B$6.68B27.4013,800
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.629 of 5 stars
$60.20
-0.5%
$60.67
+0.8%
+11.7%$21.42B$53.31B26.88138,000Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
3.6825 of 5 stars
$32.70
-0.7%
$31.29
-4.3%
-0.3%$17.95B$11.92B22.5620,000
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.5683 of 5 stars
$28.08
-0.4%
$31.50
+12.2%
-5.4%$13.40B$11.94B27.3818,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.298 of 5 stars
$51.85
+3.8%
$45.50
-12.2%
+72.0%$12.29B$17.36B12.0761,200Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.4014 of 5 stars
$113.53
flat
$128.56
+13.2%
-11.9%$12.08B$8.18B22.989,000Analyst Revision
POST
Post
3.4434 of 5 stars
$117.63
+0.4%
$124.17
+5.6%
+29.4%$6.84B$7.92B20.8511,480

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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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