Post (POST) Competitors

Post (NYSE:POST) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POST or TSN?

Tyson Foods received 348 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.57% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 65.84% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Post	Outperform Votes 423 67.57%	Underperform Votes 203 32.43%
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 771 65.84%	Underperform Votes 400 34.16%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in POST or TSN?

94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Post shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor POST or TSN?

In the previous week, Post had 54 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Post and 16 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Post's score of 0.27 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Post	24 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tyson Foods	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer POST or TSN?

Post currently has a consensus price target of $124.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.48%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $60.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.08%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than Tyson Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Post	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Tyson Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Which has better valuation & earnings, POST or TSN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Post	$7.92B	0.81	$366.70M	$5.64	19.57
Tyson Foods	$53.31B	0.42	$800M	$2.25	28.11

Which has more volatility & risk, POST or TSN?

Post has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is POST or TSN more profitable?

Post has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.50%. Post's return on equity of 10.49% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Post	4.63%	10.49%	3.41%
Tyson Foods	1.50%	6.03%	2.96%

Summary

Post beats Tyson Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.