Flowers Foods (FLO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$11.93B	1.03	$347.20M	$1.02	25.25
Flowers Foods	$5.10B	0.75	$248.12M	$1.17	15.55

Is CAG or FLO more profitable?

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.86% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.13%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 19.48% 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	4.86%	19.48%	7.94%

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, 61.68% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 596 57.98%	Underperform Votes 432 42.02%
Flowers Foods	Outperform Votes 499 61.68%	Underperform Votes 310 38.32%

Do analysts rate CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands presently has a consensus price target of $28.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.49%. Flowers Foods has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.42%. Given Flowers Foods' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flowers Foods is more favorable than Conagra Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conagra Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Flowers Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

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

Does the media favor CAG or FLO?

In the previous week, Conagra Brands had 26 more articles in the media than Flowers Foods. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Conagra Brands and 6 mentions for Flowers Foods. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.87 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	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flowers Foods	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 5.3%. 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 82.1% 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 more volatility & risk, CAG or FLO?

Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Conagra Brands beats Flowers Foods on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.