Flowers Foods (FLO) Competitors

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

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 5.4%. Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Conagra Brands pays out 137.3% 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 raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.

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	$12.05B	1.02	$347.20M	$1.02	25.32
Flowers Foods	$5.09B	0.80	$123.42M	$1.14	17.03

Which has more risk and volatility, CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands currently has a consensus price target of $30.56, indicating a potential upside of 18.32%. Flowers Foods has a consensus price target of $22.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.75%. 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Flowers Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the media favor CAG or FLO?

In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Flowers Foods and 7 mentions for Conagra Brands. Flowers Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Conagra Brands' score of 0.11 indicating that Flowers Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conagra Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Flowers Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CAG or FLO more profitable?

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.70% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.13%. 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	4.13%	13.76%	5.70%
Flowers Foods	4.70%	19.41%	7.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands received 97 more outperform votes than Flowers Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 596 58.32%	Underperform Votes 426 41.68%
Flowers Foods	Outperform Votes 499 61.83%	Underperform Votes 308 38.17%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CAG or FLO?

83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned 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.

Summary

Conagra Brands and Flowers Foods tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.