Post (POST) Competitors

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

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	$7.93B	0.81	$366.90M	$6.07	18.81
Tyson Foods	$53.61B	0.41	$800M	$2.96	20.73

Which has more risk & volatility, POST or TSN?

Post has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in POST or TSN?

94.8% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of Post shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to POST or TSN?

In the previous week, Post had 79 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 104 mentions for Post and 25 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Post's score of 0.08 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	23 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	42 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tyson Foods	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is POST or TSN more profitable?

Post has a net margin of 4.94% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.96%. Post's return on equity of 10.48% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Post	4.94%	10.48%	3.34%
Tyson Foods	1.96%	6.87%	3.38%

Do analysts rate POST or TSN?

Post presently has a consensus target price of $127.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. Tyson Foods has a consensus target price of $61.78, suggesting a potential upside of 0.70%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POST or TSN?

Tyson Foods received 347 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Post	Outperform Votes 425 67.46%	Underperform Votes 205 32.54%
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 772 65.48%	Underperform Votes 407 34.52%

Summary

Post beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.