FARM vs. MDLZ, GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, CPB, and PPC
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), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Mondelez International received 498 more outperform votes than Farmer Bros. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.66% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 68.65% of users gave Farmer Bros. an outperform vote.
Farmer Bros. currently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 194.94%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $79.07, suggesting a potential upside of 33.14%. Given Farmer Bros.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Farmer Bros. is more favorable than Mondelez International.
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.
64.5% of Farmer Bros. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Farmer Bros. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Farmer Bros. has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Farmer Bros.'s net margin of -2.20%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 17.53% beat Farmer Bros.'s return on equity.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 10 more articles in the media than Farmer Bros.. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Mondelez International and 0 mentions for Farmer Bros.. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Farmer Bros.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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