Post (POST) Competitors

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, MKC or POST?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MKC or POST?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated received 37 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.57% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	Outperform Votes 462 57.75%	Underperform Votes 338 42.25%
Post	Outperform Votes 425 67.57%	Underperform Votes 204 32.43%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MKC or POST?

79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Post shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MKC or POST?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Post. Post 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	$6.72B	3.20	$788.50M	$2.93	27.36
Post	$7.92B	0.82	$366.90M	$6.07	19.06

Is MKC or POST more profitable?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 11.73% compared to Post's net margin of 4.94%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity of 14.89% beat Post's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	11.73%	14.89%	6.10%
Post	4.94%	10.48%	3.34%

Do analysts rate MKC or POST?

McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus price target of $83.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Post has a consensus price target of $127.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than McCormick & Company, Incorporated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Post	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media prefer MKC or POST?

In the previous week, Post had 84 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 91 mentions for Post and 7 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Post's score of 0.04 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McCormick & Company, Incorporated	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Post	16 Very Positive mention(s)	19 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	22 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Post on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.