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SJM vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, PPC, CPB, and SFD

Should you be buying J. M. Smucker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J. M. Smucker include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.

J. M. Smucker vs.

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Hershey presently has a consensus price target of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.57%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $125.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Given J. M. Smucker's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than Hershey.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hershey
5 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.76
J. M. Smucker
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of 5.96%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hershey19.83% 44.77% 15.14%
J. M. Smucker 5.96%14.35%5.44%

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Hershey pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker pays out -179.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hershey has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and J. M. Smucker has raised its dividend for 27 consecutive years. J. M. Smucker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Hershey has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hershey$11.20B2.98$2.22B$10.9015.15
J. M. Smucker$8.79B1.35$744M-$2.41-46.19

In the previous week, Hershey had 9 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Hershey and 21 mentions for J. M. Smucker. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat J. M. Smucker's score of 0.77 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hershey
20 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J. M. Smucker
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

J. M. Smucker received 84 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.97% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HersheyOutperform Votes
605
50.88%
Underperform Votes
584
49.12%
J. M. SmuckerOutperform Votes
689
60.97%
Underperform Votes
441
39.03%

58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

J. M. Smucker beats Hershey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerCanned fruits & specialties IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.85B$4.15B$16.73B$19.75B
Dividend Yield3.95%3.95%2.86%3.75%
P/E Ratio22.5312.8316.1834.05
Price / Sales1.350.592.5128.57
Price / Cash7.766.1716.3917.54
Price / Book1.540.886.754.63
Net Income$744M$267.55M$731.75M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.06%1.19%-0.04%0.14%
1 Month Performance1.89%-8.94%3.98%-1.17%
1 Year Performance-9.71%-9.11%3.86%7.30%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.4476 of 5 stars
$113.77
+2.2%
$125.67
+10.5%
-10.0%$12.10B$8.79B23.029,000Analyst Forecast
HSY
Hershey
4.1793 of 5 stars
$167.32
+0.1%
$164.67
-1.6%
-14.1%$33.91B$11.20B15.3719,900Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GIS
General Mills
4.5167 of 5 stars
$57.87
-1.3%
$65.69
+13.5%
-16.5%$31.93B$19.64B12.5932,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
K
Kellanova
3.669 of 5 stars
$82.35
-0.2%
$77.96
-5.3%
+48.0%$28.43B$12.75B21.2830,000Positive News
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.163 of 5 stars
$80.02
-0.2%
$83.75
+4.7%
+14.9%$21.47B$6.72B27.3314,200Earnings Report
News Coverage
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.7439 of 5 stars
$60.14
-0.5%
$61.10
+1.6%
+2.5%$21.46B$53.61B20.35138,000Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
3.3604 of 5 stars
$29.08
-3.0%
$31.80
+9.4%
-15.8%$16.01B$11.91B19.9320,000Dividend Announcement
CAG
Conagra Brands
3.6006 of 5 stars
$25.58
-0.4%
$28.20
+10.3%
-12.8%$12.21B$11.93B25.0818,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
1.5309 of 5 stars
$50.58
+2.8%
$46.33
-8.4%
+49.5%$11.98B$17.88B11.0861,500Positive News
CPB
Campbell Soup
3.4362 of 5 stars
$37.97
-0.3%
$44.86
+18.1%
-12.0%$11.32B$10.12B20.7514,400Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SFD
Smithfield Foods
N/A$19.73
+3.6%
$27.86
+41.2%
N/A$7.76B$14.19B0.0037,417Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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