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Campbell Soup (CPB) Competitors

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$46.29
-0.04 (-0.09%)
(As of 12:37 PM ET)

CPB vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, 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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

General Mills currently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.05%. Campbell Soup has a consensus price target of $50.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Given Campbell Soup's higher possible 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Campbell Soup
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

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$19.80B1.91$2.50B$4.2016.22
Campbell Soup$9.64B1.43$567M$1.8924.49

General Mills has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, General Mills had 6 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for General Mills and 5 mentions for Campbell Soup. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Campbell Soup's score of 1.12 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Mills
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Campbell Soup
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

General Mills received 173 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.28% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote while only 41.43% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MillsOutperform Votes
647
54.28%
Underperform Votes
545
45.72%
Campbell SoupOutperform Votes
474
41.43%
Underperform Votes
670
58.57%

General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Campbell Soup's net margin of 5.88%. 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 5.88%24.08%6.73%

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. General Mills pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 78.3% 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 15 of the 19 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$13.78B$15.85B$14.95B$8.44B
Dividend Yield3.17%3.89%2.64%4.16%
P/E Ratio24.4913.3518.2716.62
Price / Sales1.432.0797.5877.41
Price / Cash10.2914.4620.7033.53
Price / Book3.643.176.105.21
Net Income$567M$707.61M$559.81M$223.74M
7 Day Performance-2.81%-2.54%0.29%2.82%
1 Month Performance-2.24%-0.45%0.88%8.93%
1 Year Performance12.93%50.34%12.13%29.44%

Campbell Soup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPB
Campbell Soup
2.1657 of 5 stars
$46.29
-0.1%
$50.83
+9.8%
+13.0%$13.78B$9.64B24.4914,400Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.3997 of 5 stars
$68.26
+0.4%
$73.00
+6.9%
+3.8%$37.90B$19.86B16.2534,000Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.766 of 5 stars
$179.26
+0.9%
$191.61
+6.9%
-4.7%$36.26B$11.16B19.9220,505Upcoming Earnings
K
Kellanova
3.9818 of 5 stars
$80.61
0.0%
$74.96
-7.0%
+54.8%$27.78B$13.12B30.5323,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.2439 of 5 stars
$78.75
+0.7%
$79.57
+1.0%
+21.2%$21.13B$6.66B26.7913,800Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.6095 of 5 stars
$58.36
-0.4%
$59.22
+1.5%
+24.0%$20.85B$52.88B-972.67139,000
HRL
Hormel Foods
3.7049 of 5 stars
$30.92
+1.2%
$31.57
+2.1%
-5.9%$16.96B$12.11B21.7720,000
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.5674 of 5 stars
$28.97
+0.1%
$31.63
+9.2%
+4.2%$13.83B$12.05B28.1318,500
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.8708 of 5 stars
$112.88
-0.6%
$126.42
+12.0%
-0.5%$12.08B$8.18B15.979,000Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
3.1657 of 5 stars
$50.17
+3.6%
$45.33
-9.6%
+91.7%$11.90B$17.81B12.1261,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
POST
Post
3.9724 of 5 stars
$109.71
+0.5%
$124.33
+13.3%
+30.3%$6.41B$6.99B20.4311,430

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This page (NASDAQ:CPB) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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