Flowers Foods (FLO) Competitors

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts rate CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands presently has a consensus target price of $31.38, suggesting a potential upside of 12.48%. Flowers Foods has a consensus target price of $22.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Flowers Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conagra Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Flowers Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has more risk & volatility, CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Flowers Foods. Flowers Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conagra Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conagra Brands	$11.94B	1.11	$347.20M	$1.03	27.08
Flowers Foods	$5.12B	0.86	$123.42M	$1.14	18.35

Is CAG or FLO more profitable?

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.14%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 19.41% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conagra Brands	4.14%	13.71%	5.65%
Flowers Foods	4.70%	19.41%	7.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands received 97 more outperform votes than Flowers Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.79% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 58.45% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 595 58.45%	Underperform Votes 423 41.55%
Flowers Foods	Outperform Votes 498 61.79%	Underperform Votes 308 38.21%

Is CAG or FLO a better dividend stock?

Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Conagra Brands pays out 135.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flowers Foods pays out 84.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flowers Foods has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to CAG or FLO?

In the previous week, Conagra Brands had 14 more articles in the media than Flowers Foods. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Conagra Brands and 6 mentions for Flowers Foods. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.70 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conagra Brands	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flowers Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CAG or FLO?

83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Flowers Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Conagra Brands beats Flowers Foods on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.