PPC vs. GIS, HSY, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, and POST
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), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Post (POST). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, General Mills had 14 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for General Mills and 3 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat General Mills' score of 0.80 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Mills has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of 5.46%. Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity of 29.92% beat General Mills' return on equity.
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.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Mills has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pilgrim's Pride currently has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.44%. General Mills has a consensus target price of $71.31, suggesting a potential upside of 19.57%. Given General Mills' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Mills is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
General Mills received 297 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.97% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote while only 53.99% 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 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
