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Hershey Company (The) (HSY) vs Sow Good Inc. (SOWG)

Hershey Company (The) and Sow Good Inc. are both Confectioners companies. Hershey Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $33.9B against $41.6M — 814.5× the size. Sow Good Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Hershey Company (The) trades at 18.9×. Hershey Company (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.69% against −81.9%. Hershey Company (The) has the higher net margin (12.2% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.4% vs 0.00%). Across the 18 metrics below, Hershey Company (The) leads on 14 and Sow Good Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
P/E 18.87 n/m —
P/S 2.07 5.68 2.07
P/B 5.52 n/m —
Price to free cash flow 11.69 n/m —
EV/EBITDA 11.15 n/m —
EV/Sales 2.47 5.70 2.51
Earnings yield 5.30% (2,076.60%) 3.36%
Free cash flow yield 8.55% (22.24%) 2.79%

Profitability

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Gross margin 38.38% (126.43%) 31.15%
Operating margin 17.78% 0.00% 11.22%
Net margin 12.24% 0.00% 8.86%
Free cash flow margin 17.71% 0.00% 7.79%
Return on equity 32.81% (344.85%) 10.35%
Return on assets 10.78% (158.99%) 4.94%
Return on invested capital 14.41% 0.00% 6.31%

Growth

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.69% (81.88%) 1.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.26%) (760.00%) (44.74%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.49% 99.99% 7.71%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (7.13%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Debt to equity 1.23 (0.03) 0.72
Current ratio 1.18 0.07 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 2.30 0.21 0.21

Dividend

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Dividend yield 3.35% — —
Payout ratio 0.78 — —

Size

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Market cap 33.89b 41.61m 2.90b

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