PPC vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, and SFD
Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Pilgrim's Pride vs.
Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Mills has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Mills had 28 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for General Mills and 16 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat General Mills' score of 0.85 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.
16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. 82.5% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of General Mills 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.
General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Mills, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
General Mills has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of 6.08%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 32.83% beat General Mills' return on equity.
Pilgrim's Pride presently has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.51%. General Mills has a consensus target price of $69.88, suggesting a potential upside of 16.18%. Given General Mills' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe General Mills is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
General Mills received 299 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 54.02% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
Summary
General Mills beats Pilgrim's Pride on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PPC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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