MDLZ vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, CPB, 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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
General Mills has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less 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.
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 3.2%. 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.
In the previous week, General Mills had 59 more articles in the media than Mondelez International. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for General Mills and 10 mentions for Mondelez International. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat General Mills' score of 0.42 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Mills presently has a consensus price target of $71.56, suggesting a potential upside of 12.50%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $79.07, suggesting a potential upside of 33.14%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than General Mills.
75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mondelez International received 230 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.66% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 54.04% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
Mondelez International beats General Mills on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MDLZ) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
