MKC vs. MDLZ, GIS, HSY, K, TSN, HRL, CAG, CPB, PPC, and SJM
Should you be buying McCormick & Company, Incorporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated vs.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.86%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $79.07, suggesting a potential upside of 28.91%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than McCormick & Company, Incorporated.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 10.58%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 17.53% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 19 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Mondelez International and 14 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.70 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Mondelez International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McCormick & Company, Incorporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mondelez International received 418 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.66% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 66.7% 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. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Mondelez International has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated and Mondelez International tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MKC) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
