HRL vs. HSY, GIS, TSN, K, 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), Tyson Foods (TSN), Kellanova (K), 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
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 3.6%. 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 15 consecutive years and Hormel Foods has raised its dividend for 59 consecutive years. Hormel Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
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 has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 14 more articles in the media than Hershey. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Hormel Foods and 20 mentions for Hershey. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.53 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hershey presently has a consensus price target of $210.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.22%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hershey beats Hormel Foods on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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