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Mondelez International (MDLZ) Competitors

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$64.42 +0.55 (+0.86%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MDLZ vs. GIS, HSY, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CPB, CAG, PPC, and SJM

Should you be buying Mondelez International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondelez International include General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Mondelez International vs.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

General Mills has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mondelez International received 231 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.69% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MillsOutperform Votes
647
54.23%
Underperform Votes
546
45.77%
Mondelez InternationalOutperform Votes
878
70.69%
Underperform Votes
364
29.31%

General Mills presently has a consensus target price of $72.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.90%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $80.31, indicating a potential upside of 24.67%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mondelez International 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
Mondelez International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. General Mills pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. General Mills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than General Mills. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Mills$19.80B1.79$2.50B$4.2015.19
Mondelez International$36.15B2.38$4.96B$2.8222.84

General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 10.58%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.85% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Mills12.14% 26.85% 8.25%
Mondelez International 10.58%17.53%6.70%

75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, General Mills had 11 more articles in the media than Mondelez International. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for General Mills and 25 mentions for Mondelez International. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat General Mills' score of 0.69 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Mills
17 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mondelez International
21 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Mondelez International beats General Mills on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MDLZ vs. The Competition

MetricMondelez InternationalFood & kindred products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$86.14B$15.34B$14.97B$8.81B
Dividend Yield2.92%4.42%2.68%4.07%
P/E Ratio22.8412.9423.9717.82
Price / Sales2.381.713.6774.55
Price / Cash15.5513.1619.1432.53
Price / Book3.062.555.894.68
Net Income$4.96B$707.61M$581.83M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-1.74%-2.07%0.02%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-8.53%-14.65%-3.10%1.04%
1 Year Performance-9.23%42.81%9.98%26.28%

Mondelez International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.8625 of 5 stars
$64.42
+0.9%
$80.31
+24.7%
-9.2%$85.41B$36.02B22.8491,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.6098 of 5 stars
$63.80
+1.6%
$72.67
+13.9%
-0.5%$34.85B$19.86B15.1934,000Dividend Announcement
HSY
Hershey
3.7574 of 5 stars
$174.00
+2.2%
$189.33
+8.8%
-9.9%$34.45B$11.16B20.0520,505Ex-Dividend
K
Kellanova
3.5412 of 5 stars
$80.77
+0.3%
$76.35
-5.5%
+53.8%$27.77B$13.12B27.7623,000Analyst Forecast
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.4717 of 5 stars
$63.25
+0.5%
$60.67
-4.1%
+30.6%$22.39B$53.31B28.11138,000Insider Trade
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.3 of 5 stars
$77.13
+2.4%
$79.57
+3.2%
+17.5%$20.21B$6.66B26.2313,800Dividend Increase
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.0388 of 5 stars
$30.22
+1.6%
$31.29
+3.5%
-6.1%$16.30B$12.11B21.2820,000Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell Soup
3.7177 of 5 stars
$43.81
+0.6%
$51.58
+17.7%
+7.6%$12.96B$9.64B23.1814,400
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.0959 of 5 stars
$27.12
+2.4%
$31.63
+16.6%
-3.5%$12.64B$12.05B26.3318,500Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
2.1202 of 5 stars
$52.21
flat
$45.50
-12.9%
+99.7%$12.38B$17.36B12.6161,200Positive News
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.8113 of 5 stars
$112.04
+0.1%
$127.09
+13.4%
-0.2%$11.91B$8.18B15.859,000Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:MDLZ) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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