The Campbell's Company (CPB) vs Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD)

The Campbell's Company and Smithfield Foods, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Smithfield Foods, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.5B against $5.9B — 1.3× the size. Smithfield Foods, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.1× against 14.5×. Smithfield Foods, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.25% against −4.96%. Smithfield Foods, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.84% vs 4.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.9% vs 5.54%). Across the 20 metrics below, Smithfield Foods, Inc. leads on 15 and The Campbell's Company on 5.

Valuation

Metric CPB SFD Packaged Foods median
P/E 14.46 7.05 12.69
P/S 0.59 0.48 0.61
P/B 1.50 1.07 1.47
Price to free cash flow 7.90 9.13 8.50
EV/EBITDA 7.55 4.88 8.20
EV/Sales 1.18 0.53 0.85
Earnings yield 6.92% 14.18% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 12.66% 10.96% 6.05%

Profitability

Metric CPB SFD Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 28.14% 13.39% 27.54%
Operating margin 8.74% 8.62% 0.00%
Net margin 4.04% 6.84% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 7.50% 5.31% 2.56%
Return on equity 10.16% 15.92% 0.00%
Return on assets 2.58% 9.13% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.54% 10.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CPB SFD Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) (4.96%) 4.25% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (34.83%) 0.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.83% — 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.03%) — 0.00%

Health

Metric CPB SFD Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity 1.60 0.29 0.26
Current ratio 0.82 2.56 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 4.55 0.29 0.87

Dividend

Metric CPB SFD Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield 3.48% — 3.21%
Payout ratio 0.52 — 0.00

Size

Metric CPB SFD Packaged Foods median
Market cap 5.90b 7.52b 245.45m

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