USFD vs. SJM, TAP, LW, ACI, CPB, SCI, COTY, CAG, ELF, and PPC
Should you be buying US Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of US Foods include J. M. Smucker (SJM), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Lamb Weston (LW), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Campbell Soup (CPB), Service Co. International (SCI), Coty (COTY), Conagra Brands (CAG), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), and Pilgrim's Pride (PPC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
US Foods currently has a consensus target price of $54.92, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. J. M. Smucker has a consensus target price of $137.47, indicating a potential upside of 21.72%. Given J. M. Smucker's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe J. M. Smucker is more favorable than US Foods.
US Foods has a net margin of 1.42% compared to J. M. Smucker's net margin of -1.24%. J. M. Smucker's return on equity of 14.29% beat US Foods' return on equity.
US Foods has higher revenue and earnings than J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
US Foods has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J. M. Smucker has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J. M. Smucker received 262 more outperform votes than US Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.62% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave J. M. Smucker an outperform vote.
98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of J. M. Smucker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of US Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of J. M. Smucker 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.
In the previous week, US Foods had 4 more articles in the media than J. M. Smucker. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for US Foods and 5 mentions for J. M. Smucker. J. M. Smucker's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat US Foods' score of 0.68 indicating that J. M. Smucker is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
US Foods beats J. M. Smucker on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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