FLO vs. MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, POST, LANC, JJSF, and CALM
Should you be buying Flowers Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowers Foods include McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), and Cal-Maine Foods (CALM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, McCormick & Company, Incorporated had 3 more articles in the media than Flowers Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated and 5 mentions for Flowers Foods. Flowers Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's score of 0.51 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Flowers Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowers Foods pays out 162.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Flowers Foods has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus price target of $77.88, suggesting a potential upside of 7.83%. Flowers Foods has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Given Flowers Foods' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Flowers Foods.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 10.56% compared to McCormick & Company, Incorporated's net margin of 2.45%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity of 18.35% beat Flowers Foods' return on equity.
Flowers Foods received 35 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.58% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.
79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Flowers Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Flowers Foods shares are held 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.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher revenue and earnings than Flowers Foods. McCormick & Company, Incorporated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowers Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Flowers Foods on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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