TSN vs. HSY, GIS, K, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Tyson Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tyson Foods include Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), 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.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hershey has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyson Foods presently has a consensus price target of $60.22, indicating a potential upside of 5.14%. Hershey has a consensus price target of $210.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.39%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hershey is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
Tyson Foods received 163 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Hershey has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hershey had 12 more articles in the media than Tyson Foods. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Hershey and 10 mentions for Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Hershey's score of 0.37 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hershey has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of -1.16%. Hershey's return on equity of 50.15% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.
Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Tyson Foods pays out -110.1% 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. Tyson Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Hershey shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Hershey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hershey beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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