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J. M. Smucker (SJM) Competitors

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$112.04 +0.13 (+0.12%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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

J. M. Smucker vs.

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

General Mills currently has a consensus price target of $72.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.90%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus price target of $127.09, suggesting a potential upside of 13.43%. Given General Mills' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe General Mills is more favorable than J. M. Smucker.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Mills
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
J. M. Smucker
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. J. M. Smucker pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. General Mills pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J. M. Smucker pays out 61.1% 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. J. M. Smucker has increased 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.

J. M. Smucker received 40 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.39% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MillsOutperform Votes
647
54.23%
Underperform Votes
546
45.77%
J. M. SmuckerOutperform Votes
687
61.39%
Underperform Votes
432
38.61%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Mills$19.80B1.79$2.50B$4.2015.19
J. M. Smucker$8.18B1.46$744M$7.0715.85

General Mills has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of 8.77%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.85% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Mills12.14% 26.85% 8.25%
J. M. Smucker 8.77%14.22%5.42%

75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, General Mills had 22 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for General Mills and 14 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat General Mills' score of 0.69 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
General Mills
17 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
J. M. Smucker
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

J. M. Smucker beats General Mills on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SJM vs. The Competition

MetricJ. M. SmuckerCanned fruits & specialties IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.92B$4.14B$14.97B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.91%3.91%2.68%3.52%
P/E Ratio15.859.2823.9742.95
Price / Sales1.460.603.6719.16
Price / Cash7.994.1919.1417.86
Price / Book1.550.805.895.52
Net Income$744M$269.95M$581.83M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.17%4.13%0.02%0.45%
1 Month Performance-6.58%1.40%-3.10%1.05%
1 Year Performance-0.13%-11.00%9.98%24.67%

J. M. Smucker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJM
J. M. Smucker
4.8113 of 5 stars
$112.04
+0.1%
$127.09
+13.4%
-0.2%$11.91B$8.18B15.859,000Upcoming Earnings
GIS
General Mills
4.6098 of 5 stars
$63.80
+1.6%
$72.67
+13.9%
-0.5%$34.85B$19.86B15.1934,000Dividend Announcement
HSY
Hershey
3.7574 of 5 stars
$174.00
+2.2%
$189.33
+8.8%
-9.9%$34.45B$11.16B20.0520,505Ex-Dividend
K
Kellanova
3.5405 of 5 stars
$80.77
+0.3%
$76.35
-5.5%
+53.8%$27.77B$13.12B27.7623,000Analyst Forecast
TSN
Tyson Foods
4.4717 of 5 stars
$63.25
+0.5%
$60.67
-4.1%
+30.6%$22.39B$53.31B28.11138,000Insider Trade
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
3.3 of 5 stars
$77.13
+2.4%
$79.57
+3.2%
+17.5%$20.21B$6.66B26.2313,800Dividend Increase
Positive News
HRL
Hormel Foods
4.0388 of 5 stars
$30.22
+1.6%
$31.29
+3.5%
-6.1%$16.30B$12.11B21.2820,000Analyst Forecast
CPB
Campbell Soup
3.7177 of 5 stars
$43.81
+0.6%
$51.58
+17.7%
+7.6%$13.04B$9.64B23.1814,400
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.0959 of 5 stars
$27.12
+2.4%
$31.63
+16.6%
-3.5%$12.64B$12.05B26.3318,500Positive News
PPC
Pilgrim's Pride
2.1202 of 5 stars
$52.21
flat
$45.50
-12.9%
+99.7%$12.38B$17.36B12.6161,200Positive News
POST
Post
4.5062 of 5 stars
$110.39
+0.1%
$124.17
+12.5%
+28.1%$6.45B$7.92B19.5711,430Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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