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$103.82 -1.01 (-0.96%)
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SJM vs. CPB, LANC, CAG, FLO, GIS, LW, POST, UTZ, HSY, and K

Should you be buying J. M. Smucker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. M. Smucker include Campbell's (CPB), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Flowers Foods (FLO), General Mills (GIS), Lamb Weston (LW), Post (POST), Utz Brands (UTZ), Hershey (HSY), and Kellanova (K).

J. M. Smucker vs. Its Competitors

Campbell's (NASDAQ:CPB) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.

Campbell's has a net margin of 4.44% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -14.10%. Campbell's' return on equity of 23.22% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Campbell's4.44% 23.22% 5.77%
J. M. Smucker -14.10%15.20%5.65%

Campbell's has higher revenue and earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Campbell's$9.64B0.96$567M$1.5120.65
J. M. Smucker$8.73B1.27-$1.23B-$11.56-8.98

Campbell's pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Campbell's pays out 103.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J. M. Smucker pays out -37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years.

Campbell's has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

52.4% of Campbell's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Campbell's presently has a consensus target price of $40.11, suggesting a potential upside of 28.64%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus target price of $115.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.54%. Given Campbell's' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Campbell's is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Campbell's
5 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.95
J. M. Smucker
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

In the previous week, J. M. Smucker had 4 more articles in the media than Campbell's. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for J. M. Smucker and 9 mentions for Campbell's. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Campbell's' score of 0.45 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Campbell's
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
J. M. Smucker
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Campbell's beats J. M. Smucker on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.06B$8.49B$16.37B$20.65B
Dividend Yield4.15%3.40%3.10%3.72%
P/E Ratio-8.9826.6020.3328.08
Price / Sales1.271.7457.2338.45
Price / Cash11.8712.8814.9718.22
Price / Book1.823.746.194.61
Net Income-$1.23B$398.24M$685.55M$983.39M
7 Day Performance5.66%1.28%2.13%2.57%
1 Month Performance-6.14%0.05%0.72%5.08%
1 Year Performance-5.52%-0.21%7.62%15.10%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.6601 of 5 stars
$103.82
-1.0%
$115.80
+11.5%
-5.5%$11.06B$8.73B-8.988,000
CPB
Campbell's
3.6817 of 5 stars
$30.62
-0.6%
$40.11
+31.0%
-30.9%$9.13B$10.23B20.2814,400
LANC
Lancaster Colony
4.9259 of 5 stars
$172.84
+0.6%
$203.50
+17.7%
-8.6%$4.77B$1.87B28.103,400
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.3909 of 5 stars
$20.46
+0.3%
$25.36
+24.0%
-25.7%$9.77B$12.05B30.0918,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FLO
Flowers Foods
4.5517 of 5 stars
$15.99
+0.1%
$19.25
+20.4%
-25.0%$3.38B$5.10B14.8110,200News Coverage
Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.7358 of 5 stars
$51.86
+2.7%
$59.73
+15.2%
-15.5%$28.13B$19.49B12.6532,500
LW
Lamb Weston
4.804 of 5 stars
$51.94
-2.7%
$67.73
+30.4%
-35.7%$7.33B$6.47B20.3710,700
POST
Post
4.0019 of 5 stars
$109.00
+0.2%
$130.50
+19.7%
+3.8%$6.07B$7.92B19.4011,480Trending News
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.7685 of 5 stars
$12.57
+1.0%
$17.69
+40.7%
-20.9%$1.78B$1.41B39.283,200News Coverage
HSY
Hershey
3.9427 of 5 stars
$166.04
-0.6%
$158.84
-4.3%
-6.1%$33.64B$11.20B20.4719,900Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
K
Kellanova
3.9753 of 5 stars
$79.50
+0.6%
$79.75
+0.3%
+42.0%$27.58B$12.75B20.0830,000Positive News

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