PPC vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, 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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), 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.
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.
General Mills has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Mills had 42 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for General Mills and 4 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Pilgrim's Pride's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat General Mills' score of 0.78 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Mills received 296 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 54.27% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General Mills presently has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.74%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.17%. Given General Mills' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe General Mills is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% 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.
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 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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