CPB vs. GIS, HSY, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, 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), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), 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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
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.
General Mills has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of Campbell Soup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
General Mills presently has a consensus target price of $71.31, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $50.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.51%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than General Mills.
In the previous week, General Mills had 15 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for General Mills and 6 mentions for Campbell Soup. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Campbell Soup's score of 0.62 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Campbell Soup's net margin of 5.57%. General Mills' return on equity of 27.55% beat Campbell Soup's return on equity.
General Mills received 173 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.99% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote while only 41.28% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
Summary
General Mills beats Campbell Soup on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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