Campbell'S vs Hershey
CPB and HSY side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CPB and HSY compare
Hershey is the larger company, worth 5.2 times as much as Campbell'S ($33.3B against $6.4B).
Hershey grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.7% versus −5.0% for Campbell'S).
Hershey keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with 4.1% at Campbell'S.
Both pay dividends: Campbell'S yields 6.6% and Hershey 3.5%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CPB | HSY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.4B | $33.3B |
| Share price | $21.42 | $165.61 |
| Change, 1 year | −28.6% | −5.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −47.4% | −5.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.11 | 0.17 |
| Employees | 14K | 18K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 13 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 16.4× | – |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 2.7× |
| P/B | 1.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.4× (better) | 12.2× |
| P/FCF | 9.4× (better) | 15.7× |
| FCF yield | 10.6% (better) | 6.4% |
| Fair value | $28.53 | $167.43 |
| Margin of safety | 24.9% (better) | 1.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −5.0% | 6.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.8% | 7.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −33.1% | 31.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −34.8% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −16.8% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 41.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 20.8% (better) |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 14.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | 17.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.85 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.33 | 1.44 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.6× | 11.5× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.24 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.50 | 4.38 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 6.6% (better) | 3.5% |
| Payout ratio | 117% | 63.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 1.3% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.41% | 1.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 7.0% (better) | 4.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 62.1% | 65.1% |
| Held by insiders | 38.5% | 28.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$390K (better) | −$259M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.5% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- CPB stock overview
- CPB income statement
- CPB valuation and score
- HSY stock overview
- HSY income statement
- HSY valuation and score
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