HSY vs. MDLZ, GIS, TSN, K, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, and PPC
Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) 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 valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Mondelez International presently has a consensus target price of $80.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.83%. Hershey has a consensus target price of $210.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Hershey.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Hershey's net margin of 11.87%. Mondelez International's return on equity of 50.15% beat Hershey's return on equity.
78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey 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.
Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Mondelez International pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hershey pays out 54.3% 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. Mondelez International has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Hershey has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Hershey is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mondelez International received 252 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Hershey. Hershey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 7 more articles in the media than Mondelez International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hershey and 14 mentions for Mondelez International. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Mondelez International's score of 0.37 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mondelez International has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Hershey on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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