POST vs. TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, CALM, LANC, and FLO
Should you be buying Post stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Post include Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Flowers Foods (FLO). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Post vs.
Post (NYSE:POST) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.
Post has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tyson Foods received 347 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.62% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 65.78% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Post had 57 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Post and 9 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Post's score of 0.20 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Post presently has a consensus target price of $123.57, suggesting a potential upside of 14.42%. Tyson Foods has a consensus target price of $60.80, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
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.
Summary
Post beats Tyson Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:POST) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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