Post (POST) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TSN or POST?

Post has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, 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	$52.88B	0.39	-$648M	-$1.78	-32.16
Post	$6.99B	0.92	$301.30M	$5.22	20.42

Do analysts prefer TSN or POST?

Tyson Foods currently has a consensus target price of $60.22, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Post has a consensus target price of $113.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.66%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than Tyson Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tyson Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Post	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

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

67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are owned by 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, TSN or POST?

Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TSN or POST?

In the previous week, Post had 34 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Post and 11 mentions for Tyson Foods. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Tyson Foods' score of -0.26 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tyson Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Post	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	15 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSN or POST?

Tyson Foods received 348 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 66.41% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tyson Foods	Outperform Votes 767 66.41%	Underperform Votes 388 33.59%
Post	Outperform Votes 419 67.58%	Underperform Votes 201 32.42%

Is TSN or POST more profitable?

Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Post's net margin of -1.16%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 10.93% beat Post's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tyson Foods	-1.16%	3.53%	1.77%
Post	4.38%	10.93%	3.60%

Summary

Post beats Tyson Foods on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.