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Hershey (HSY) Competitors

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$165.40 +1.45 (+0.88%)
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HSY vs. MDLZ, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, PPC, CAG, SJM, and CPB

Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Campbell Soup (CPB). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

Hershey vs.

Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 12.68%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mondelez International12.68% 16.75% 6.38%
Hershey 19.83%44.77%15.14%

Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Hershey. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mondelez International$36.44B2.40$4.61B$3.4219.77
Hershey$11.20B2.97$2.22B$10.9015.09

78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Mondelez International has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mondelez International pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 50.3% 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. Mondelez International has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Mondelez International currently has a consensus target price of $70.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.83%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.18%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mondelez International
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.76

In the previous week, Mondelez International had 15 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Mondelez International and 40 mentions for Hershey. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Hershey's score of 1.28 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mondelez International
48 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hershey
30 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Mondelez International received 284 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.28% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mondelez InternationalOutperform Votes
889
70.28%
Underperform Votes
376
29.72%
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.88%
Underperform Votes
584
49.12%

Summary

Mondelez International beats Hershey on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HSY vs. The Competition

MetricHersheySugar & confectionery products IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.28B$7.76B$17.13B$19.03B
Dividend Yield3.21%2.83%2.87%3.78%
P/E Ratio15.0912.2716.0731.72
Price / Sales2.971.432.4825.50
Price / Cash14.2311.3916.3917.54
Price / Book7.062.636.714.43
Net Income$2.22B$516.67M$731.75M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.72%-2.14%-2.67%-4.70%
1 Month Performance-8.02%-4.36%-2.40%-5.12%
1 Year Performance-15.60%-34.02%-0.72%0.20%

Hershey Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HSY
Hershey
4.0171 of 5 stars
$165.40
+0.9%
$162.50
-1.8%
-18.3%$33.48B$11.20B15.1719,900Positive News
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.2359 of 5 stars
$67.73
+0.7%
$69.50
+2.6%
-4.5%$87.57B$36.44B19.7990,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Up
GIS
General Mills
4.4255 of 5 stars
$59.78
+1.1%
$65.69
+9.9%
-16.1%$32.93B$19.64B12.9932,500Positive News
K
Kellanova
3.3074 of 5 stars
$82.46
0.0%
$77.96
-5.5%
+43.1%$28.46B$12.75B21.3030,000Positive News
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.5139 of 5 stars
$63.76
+2.2%
$61.10
-4.2%
+9.0%$22.69B$53.61B21.52142,000News Coverage
Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.5638 of 5 stars
$82.36
+1.1%
$83.75
+1.7%
+3.9%$22.07B$6.73B28.0914,200Insider Trade
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
3.6763 of 5 stars
$30.91
+1.8%
$31.80
+2.9%
-13.1%$16.98B$11.91B21.1520,000Insider Trade
Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.2329 of 5 stars
$55.04
+3.1%
$46.33
-15.8%
+57.5%$13.03B$17.88B12.0561,500Positive News
Gap Down
CAG
Conagra Brands
3.6816 of 5 stars
$26.64
+0.4%
$28.20
+5.8%
-11.0%$12.70B$11.93B26.0918,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
SJM
J. M. Smucker
3.9359 of 5 stars
$118.68
+2.0%
$125.67
+5.9%
-3.8%$12.61B$8.79B23.999,000Insider Trade
Positive News
CPB
Campbell Soup
3.7574 of 5 stars
$39.98
+0.6%
$44.86
+12.2%
-11.3%$11.92B$10.12B21.8514,400Positive News
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This page (NYSE:HSY) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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