PPC vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, SJM, CPB, and SFD
Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Pilgrim's Pride vs.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Hershey has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of 6.08%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.
Hershey received 249 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.03% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 25 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Hershey and 14 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Hershey's score of 1.14 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hershey presently has a consensus price target of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.55%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $46.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.88%. Given Hershey's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 82.5% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hershey beats Pilgrim's Pride on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
