ACI vs. LW, TAP, SJM, USFD, SCI, COTY, CPB, ELF, CAG, and PPC
Should you be buying Albertsons Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albertsons Companies include Lamb Weston (LW), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), J. M. Smucker (SJM), US Foods (USFD), Service Co. International (SCI), Coty (COTY), Campbell Soup (CPB), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Lamb Weston (NYSE:LW) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Albertsons Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Lamb Weston. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Albertsons Companies and 6 mentions for Lamb Weston. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Lamb Weston's score of 0.73 indicating that Lamb Weston is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lamb Weston presently has a consensus target price of $117.40, indicating a potential upside of 37.99%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus target price of $24.45, indicating a potential upside of 18.86%. Given Albertsons Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lamb Weston is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
Lamb Weston has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Lamb Weston's net margin of 1.64%. Lamb Weston's return on equity of 68.02% beat Albertsons Companies' return on equity.
89.6% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lamb Weston shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lamb Weston pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lamb Weston pays out 19.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albertsons Companies pays out 21.5% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Lamb Weston has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Lamb Weston. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lamb Weston, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lamb Weston received 275 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.35% of users gave Lamb Weston an outperform vote while only 46.83% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Lamb Weston beats Albertsons Companies on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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