MDLZ vs. DEO, BUD, MO, CL, BTI, UL, MNST, EL, STZ, and KDP
Should you be buying Mondelez International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mondelez International include Diageo (DEO), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Altria Group (MO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), British American Tobacco (BTI), Unilever (UL), Monster Beverage (MNST), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Diageo (NYSE:DEO) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Diageo.
Diageo pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Mondelez International pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Mondelez International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Diageo presently has a consensus target price of $166.37, indicating a potential upside of 16.83%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $80.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. Given Mondelez International's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Mondelez International.
Diageo has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 9 more articles in the media than Diageo. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Mondelez International and 10 mentions for Diageo. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Diageo's score of 0.77 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.0% of Diageo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Mondelez International received 563 more outperform votes than Diageo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.16% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Diageo an outperform vote.
Mondelez International has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 0.00%. Diageo's return on equity of 16.11% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
Summary
Mondelez International beats Diageo on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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