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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 $35.7B against $45.2M — 788.6× the size. Sow Good Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Hershey Company (The) trades at 15.2×. Hershey Company (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.69% against −81.9%. Hershey Company (The) has the higher net margin (14.6% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.1% 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 15.22 n/m —
P/S 2.11 6.21 2.13
P/B 5.31 n/m —
Price to free cash flow 12.21 n/m —
EV/EBITDA 9.84 n/m —
EV/Sales 2.48 6.23 2.55
Earnings yield 6.57% (1,901.24%) 3.30%
Free cash flow yield 8.19% (20.36%) 2.74%

Profitability

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Gross margin 41.95% (126.43%) 34.26%
Operating margin 20.77% 0.00% 11.89%
Net margin 14.63% 0.00% 10.22%
Free cash flow margin 17.31% 0.00% 9.18%
Return on equity 38.00% (344.85%) 10.35%
Return on assets 13.06% (158.99%) 5.70%
Return on invested capital 17.06% 0.00% 6.74%

Growth

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.69% (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 1.05 (0.03) 0.04
Current ratio 1.24 0.07 0.62
Net debt to EBITDA 2.30 0.21 0.21

Dividend

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Dividend yield 3.24% — —
Payout ratio 0.65 — —

Size

Metric HSY SOWG Confectioners median
Market cap 35.66b 45.22m 2.97b

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