Hershey vs Kraft Heinz
HSY and KHC 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 HSY and KHC compare
Hershey is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Kraft Heinz ($33.3B against $28.9B).
Hershey grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.7% versus −1.6% for Kraft Heinz).
Hershey keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with −13.6% at Kraft Heinz.
Both pay dividends: Hershey yields 3.5% and Kraft Heinz 6.6%.
Hershey scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Kraft Heinz), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HSY | KHC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $33.3B | $28.9B |
| Share price | $165.61 | $24.34 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.5% | −0.16% |
| Change, 5 years | −5.6% | −35.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.17 | 0.18 |
| Employees | 18K | 35K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 2.7× | 1.2× (better) |
| P/B | – | 0.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× | – |
| P/FCF | 15.7× | 7.6× (better) |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | 13.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $167.43 | $35.82 |
| Margin of safety | 1.1% | 32.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.7% (better) | −1.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.5% (better) | −0.97% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 31.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.9% (better) | 33.4% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% (better) | −12.8% |
| Net margin | 14.6% (better) | −13.6% |
| FCF margin | 17.3% (better) | 15.3% |
| Return on equity | – | −8.8% |
| Return on invested capital | – | −4.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.53 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.44 | – |
| Interest coverage | 11.5× (better) | −4.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.24 (better) | 1.06 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.38 (better) | 0.50 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.5% | 6.6% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 63.0% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% (better) | 0.10% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | 6.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.1% | 90.2% |
| Held by insiders | 28.0% | 0.49% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$259M | −$2.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 7.9% |
Go deeper
- HSY stock overview
- HSY income statement
- HSY valuation and score
- KHC stock overview
- KHC income statement
- KHC valuation and score
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