CPB vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, PPC, CAG, SJM, and SFD
Should you be buying Campbell Soup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell Soup include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Campbell Soup vs.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Campbell Soup (NASDAQ:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Hershey pays out 50.3% 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. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Hershey received 129 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.97% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 41.25% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hershey had 33 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Hershey and 9 mentions for Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Hershey's score of 0.98 indicating that Campbell Soup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell Soup. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell Soup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $164.15, indicating a potential downside of 5.13%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $50.17, indicating a potential upside of 23.59%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than Hershey.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of Campbell Soup 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.
Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Campbell Soup's net margin of 5.57%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Campbell Soup's return on equity.
Hershey has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hershey beats Campbell Soup on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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