FARM vs. MDLZ, GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, PPC, CAG, and CPB
Should you be buying Farmer Bros. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Farmer Bros. include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Campbell Soup (CPB). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Farmer Bros. vs.
Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Mondelez International received 507 more outperform votes than Farmer Bros. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 68.04% of users gave Farmer Bros. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 45 more articles in the media than Farmer Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Mondelez International and 5 mentions for Farmer Bros.. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Farmer Bros.'s score of 0.75 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Farmer Bros.. Farmer Bros. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Farmer Bros. presently has a consensus price target of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 80.16%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $69.74, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Farmer Bros.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Farmer Bros. is more favorable than Mondelez International.
Farmer Bros. has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Farmer Bros.'s net margin of -2.92%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 16.75% beat Farmer Bros.'s return on equity.
64.5% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Farmer Bros. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Farmer Bros. on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FARM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
