MKC vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, HRL, CAG, SJM, PPC, CPB, and SFD
Should you be buying McCormick & Company, Incorporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated vs.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hershey has higher revenue and earnings than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Hershey 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.
In the previous week, Hershey had 15 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Hershey and 25 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Hershey's score of 1.14 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated currently has a consensus price target of $83.14, suggesting a potential upside of 7.13%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $162.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.55%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Hershey.
Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margin of 11.73%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.9% 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. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hershey received 143 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.68% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Hershey on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MKC) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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