SJM vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, CAG, CPB, 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), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), 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 dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of 5.96%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.85% beat J. M. Smucker's return on equity.
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 87.4% 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 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.
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.
General Mills has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of J. M. Smucker shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
J. M. Smucker received 39 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.32% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote while only 54.04% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
General Mills currently has a consensus target price of $71.56, indicating a potential upside of 12.50%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus target price of $128.56, indicating a potential upside of 16.99%. Given J. M. Smucker's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than General Mills.
In the previous week, General Mills had 61 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for General Mills and 9 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat General Mills' score of 0.42 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
J. M. Smucker beats General Mills on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SJM) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
