MKC vs. MDLZ, GIS, HSY, K, TSN, HRL, PPC, CAG, CPB, 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), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated vs.
Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Mondelez International currently has a consensus price target of $69.74, suggesting a potential upside of 7.79%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a consensus price target of $83.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than McCormick & Company, Incorporated.
Mondelez International received 426 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.36% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 12.68% compared to McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margin of 11.73%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 16.75% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 43 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Mondelez International and 6 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's score of 1.15 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mondelez International has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Mondelez International pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.4% 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 McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Mondelez International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Mondelez International beats McCormick & Company, Incorporated on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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