CPB vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, K, MKC, HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Campbell Soup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Campbell Soup include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 8.26%. Campbell Soup's return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
Hershey received 135 more outperform votes than Campbell Soup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.17% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote while only 41.94% of users gave Campbell Soup an outperform vote.
Hershey has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campbell Soup has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 8 more articles in the media than Campbell Soup. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Hershey and 20 mentions for Campbell Soup. Campbell Soup's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hershey's score of 0.50 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell Soup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Campbell Soup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Campbell Soup pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Campbell Soup pays out 57.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Hershey presently has a consensus target price of $213.06, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. Campbell Soup has a consensus target price of $46.41, indicating a potential upside of 4.96%. Given Campbell Soup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Campbell Soup.
Summary
Hershey beats Campbell Soup on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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