HRL vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, TSN, PPC, CPB, CAG, SJM, and SFD
Should you be buying Hormel Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hormel Foods include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hormel Foods vs.
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
Hershey received 154 more outperform votes than Hormel Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.38% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 50.97% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Hormel Foods pays out 84.7% 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. Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 59 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Hormel Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.75%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hormel Foods. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Hormel Foods and 26 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.33 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hormel Foods currently has a consensus price target of $31.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $164.15, suggesting a potential downside of 8.18%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than Hershey.
Summary
Hormel Foods and Hershey tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HRL) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
