Tyson Foods (TSN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, HSY or TSN?

Hershey has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HSY or TSN?

Hershey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyson Foods. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyson Foods, 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
Hershey	$11.20B	2.99	$2.22B	$10.90	15.19
Tyson Foods	$53.61B	0.40	$800M	$2.96	20.43

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HSY or TSN?

58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by company 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.

Is HSY or TSN more profitable?

Hershey has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.96%. Hershey's return on equity of 44.77% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hershey	19.83%	44.77%	15.14%
Tyson Foods	1.96%	6.87%	3.38%

Do analysts rate HSY or TSN?

Hershey currently has a consensus price target of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.85%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $61.10, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tyson Foods 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
Tyson Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Does the media prefer HSY or TSN?

In the previous week, Hershey had 12 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Hershey and 24 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Hershey's score of 1.19 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hershey	26 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tyson Foods	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is HSY or TSN a better dividend stock?

Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hershey pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tyson Foods pays out 67.6% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Tyson Foods has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSY or TSN?

Tyson Foods received 167 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 50.88% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hershey	Outperform Votes 605 50.88%	Underperform Votes 584 49.12%
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 772 65.53%	Underperform Votes 406 34.47%

Summary

Tyson Foods beats Hershey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.