HRL vs. HSY, GIS, K, TSN, MKC, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Hormel Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hormel Foods include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Hershey has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $210.56, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Hormel Foods has a consensus target price of $31.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than Hormel Foods.
Hershey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hormel Foods. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 2 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hershey and 11 mentions for Hormel Foods. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Hershey's score of 0.61 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hershey received 156 more outperform votes than Hormel Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hershey pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods pays out 80.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hershey has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hormel Foods has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 6.37%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hershey beats Hormel Foods on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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