HSY vs. GIS, CTVA, KVUE, KDP, CCEP, STZ, KHC, ADM, EL, and CHD
Should you be buying Hershey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hershey include General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), and Church & Dwight (CHD). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Hershey has a net margin of 16.67% compared to General Mills' net margin of 12.66%. Hershey's return on equity of 51.79% beat General Mills' return on equity.
Hershey pays an annual dividend of $5.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hershey pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Mills pays out 54.1% 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. General Mills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hershey currently has a consensus target price of $212.78, suggesting a potential upside of 7.51%. General Mills has a consensus target price of $72.18, suggesting a potential upside of 3.24%. Given Hershey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hershey is more favorable than General Mills.
58.0% of Hershey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hershey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of General Mills shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Hershey had 35 more articles in the media than General Mills. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Hershey and 13 mentions for General Mills. Hershey's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat General Mills' score of 0.37 indicating that Hershey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Hershey. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hershey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hershey has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Mills has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
General Mills received 40 more outperform votes than Hershey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.96% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote while only 53.22% of users gave Hershey an outperform vote.
Summary
Hershey beats General Mills on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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