Tyson Foods (TSN) Competitors

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

Is TSN or MDLZ more profitable?

Mondelez International has a net margin of 12.68% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of 1.96%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 16.75% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tyson Foods	1.96%	6.87%	3.38%
Mondelez International	12.68%	16.75%	6.38%

Is TSN or MDLZ a better dividend stock?

Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Tyson Foods pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 55.0% 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. Tyson Foods has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TSN or MDLZ?

67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TSN or MDLZ?

Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TSN or MDLZ?

Mondelez International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Mondelez International 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
Tyson Foods	$53.61B	0.40	$800M	$2.96	20.41
Mondelez International	$36.44B	2.30	$4.61B	$3.42	18.94

Do analysts rate TSN or MDLZ?

Tyson Foods presently has a consensus target price of $61.10, suggesting a potential upside of 1.15%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $69.70, suggesting a potential upside of 7.60%. Given Mondelez International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Tyson Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tyson Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Mondelez International	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSN or MDLZ?

Mondelez International received 117 more outperform votes than Tyson Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.39% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 772 65.53%	Underperform Votes 406 34.47%
Mondelez International	Outperform Votes 889 70.39%	Underperform Votes 374 29.61%

Does the media favor TSN or MDLZ?

In the previous week, Mondelez International had 16 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Mondelez International and 18 mentions for Tyson Foods. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Tyson Foods' score of 1.46 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tyson Foods	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Mondelez International	29 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Mondelez International beats Tyson Foods on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.