Smithfield Foods (SFD) Competitors

Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and Smithfield Foods (NASDAQ:SFD) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MDLZ or SFD?

Mondelez International received 697 more outperform votes than Smithfield Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Smithfield Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mondelez International	Outperform Votes 884 70.49%	Underperform Votes 370 29.51%
Smithfield Foods	Outperform Votes 187 60.52%	Underperform Votes 122 39.48%

Do analysts prefer MDLZ or SFD?

Mondelez International currently has a consensus price target of $72.76, suggesting a potential upside of 25.48%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Smithfield Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mondelez International	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Smithfield Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MDLZ or SFD?

Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Smithfield Foods.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mondelez International	$36.02B	2.15	$4.96B	$2.82	20.56
Smithfield Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MDLZ or SFD more profitable?

Mondelez International has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Smithfield Foods' net margin of 0.00%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 17.53% beat Smithfield Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mondelez International	10.58%	17.53%	6.70%
Smithfield Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MDLZ or SFD?

78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Smithfield Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MDLZ or SFD?

In the previous week, Mondelez International had 18 more articles in the media than Smithfield Foods. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Mondelez International and 32 mentions for Smithfield Foods. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Smithfield Foods' score of 0.25 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mondelez International	32 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smithfield Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Mondelez International beats Smithfield Foods on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.