MKC vs. TSN, HRL, CELH, CLX, IFF, CHD, CAG, CPB, USFD, and TAP
Should you be buying McCormick & Company, Incorporated stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated include Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Celsius (CELH), Clorox (CLX), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Church & Dwight (CHD), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), US Foods (USFD), and Molson Coors Beverage (TAP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
79.7% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tyson Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus price target of $77.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.08%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $60.22, suggesting a potential upside of 1.83%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Tyson Foods.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 10.56% compared to Tyson Foods' net margin of -1.62%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity of 14.45% beat Tyson Foods' return on equity.
In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 44 more articles in the media than McCormick & Company, Incorporated. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Tyson Foods and 6 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Tyson Foods' score of 0.57 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Tyson Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tyson Foods pays out -79.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tyson Foods received 309 more outperform votes than McCormick & Company, Incorporated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.44% of users gave Tyson Foods an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McCormick & Company, Incorporated, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Tyson Foods on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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