CAG vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, SJM, PPC, CPB, and SFD
Should you be buying Conagra Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conagra Brands include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Conagra Brands vs.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conagra Brands. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conagra Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.13%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.
Conagra Brands presently has a consensus price target of $27.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.55%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Hershey.
In the previous week, Hershey had 12 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Hershey and 27 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Hershey's score of 1.14 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Conagra Brands pays out 205.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hershey pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Hershey received 8 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.02% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Summary
Conagra Brands and Hershey tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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