IFF vs. TSN, BF.B, MKC, HRL, CLX, CHD, CELH, CAG, ADM, and CPB
Should you be buying International Flavors & Fragrances stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Flavors & Fragrances include Tyson Foods (TSN), Brown-Forman (BF.B), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), Church & Dwight (CHD), Celsius (CELH), Conagra Brands (CAG), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), and Campbell Soup (CPB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Flavors & Fragrances has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyson Foods received 293 more outperform votes than International Flavors & Fragrances when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave International Flavors & Fragrances an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 1 more articles in the media than International Flavors & Fragrances. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Tyson Foods and 10 mentions for International Flavors & Fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Tyson Foods' score of 0.62 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tyson Foods currently has a consensus target price of $58.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.44%. International Flavors & Fragrances has a consensus target price of $86.35, indicating a potential upside of 2.81%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe International Flavors & Fragrances is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of International Flavors & Fragrances shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. International Flavors & Fragrances pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Tyson Foods pays out -79.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Flavors & Fragrances pays out -15.9% 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. Tyson Foods has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Tyson Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tyson Foods has a net margin of -1.62% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of -22.36%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 5.09% beat International Flavors & Fragrances' return on equity.
Tyson Foods has higher revenue and earnings than International Flavors & Fragrances. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Flavors & Fragrances, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tyson Foods beats International Flavors & Fragrances on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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