KHC vs. LW, KMB, KDP, EL, HSY, CTVA, GIS, STZ, ABEV, and KVUE
Should you be buying Kraft Heinz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kraft Heinz include Lamb Weston (LW), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Hershey (HSY), Corteva (CTVA), General Mills (GIS), Constellation Brands (STZ), Ambev (ABEV), and Kenvue (KVUE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Lamb Weston shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kraft Heinz received 292 more outperform votes than Lamb Weston when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 18 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 7 mentions for Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Kraft Heinz's score of 0.37 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kraft Heinz pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lamb Weston pays out 19.2% 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.
Lamb Weston has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Kraft Heinz's net margin of 10.62%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 50.74% beat Kraft Heinz's return on equity.
Kraft Heinz presently has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Lamb Weston has a consensus target price of $117.40, indicating a potential upside of 40.35%. Given Lamb Weston's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Kraft Heinz.
Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Lamb Weston. Lamb Weston is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kraft Heinz, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lamb Weston beats Kraft Heinz on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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