CPB vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, 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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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 received 129 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 40.89% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Hershey pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 90.2% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Campbell Soup had 2 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Campbell Soup and 27 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Campbell Soup's score of 0.57 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $164.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.16%. Campbell Soup has a consensus price target of $44.86, suggesting a potential upside of 18.13%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Campbell Soup is more favorable than Hershey.
Hershey has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% 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 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
