PPC vs. TSN, ELF, COKE, ARMK, COTY, SCI, NYT, INGR, DAR, and CHWY
Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Tyson Foods (TSN), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), Aramark (ARMK), Coty (COTY), Service Co. International (SCI), New York Times (NYT), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), and Chewy (CHWY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 8 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Tyson Foods and 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of 0.99 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tyson Foods presently has a consensus price target of $60.22, indicating a potential downside of 0.05%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $37.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.29%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pilgrim's Pride has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pilgrim's Pride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pilgrim's Pride has a net margin of 2.80% compared to Pilgrim's Pride's net margin of -1.16%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 17.35% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.
Tyson Foods received 420 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
Summary
Pilgrim's Pride beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PPC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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