DNUT vs. WLY, TR, WLYB, KLG, ENR, ARCO, HELE, THS, PZZA, and EPC
Should you be buying Krispy Kreme stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Krispy Kreme include John Wiley & Sons (WLY), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), WK Kellogg (KLG), Energizer (ENR), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Helen of Troy (HELE), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Papa John's International (PZZA), and Edgewell Personal Care (EPC).
John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) and Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
John Wiley & Sons pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Krispy Kreme pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. John Wiley & Sons pays out -48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Krispy Kreme pays out -51.9% 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. John Wiley & Sons has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. John Wiley & Sons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 19 more articles in the media than John Wiley & Sons. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 1 mentions for John Wiley & Sons. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat John Wiley & Sons' score of 0.42 indicating that John Wiley & Sons is being referred to more favorably in the media.
John Wiley & Sons has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
John Wiley & Sons has higher revenue and earnings than Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John Wiley & Sons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.9% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of John Wiley & Sons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Krispy Kreme has a net margin of -2.70% compared to Krispy Kreme's net margin of -8.14%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of 18.83% beat John Wiley & Sons' return on equity.
Krispy Kreme has a consensus target price of $16.31, suggesting a potential upside of 29.05%. Given John Wiley & Sons' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than John Wiley & Sons.
Krispy Kreme received 25 more outperform votes than John Wiley & Sons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.14% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave John Wiley & Sons an outperform vote.
Summary
Krispy Kreme beats John Wiley & Sons on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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