BUNGE GLOBAL SA vs HERSHEY CO, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BG and HSY diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), BG reads +7.8% and HSY reads -3.1%; on fcf yield, BG reads -5.8% and HSY reads 6.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BG price has a different growth bar priced in than HSY (+7.8% implied for BG vs -3.1% for HSY); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What HSY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BG | HSY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $102.78 | $162.73 |
| Market cap | $20.1B | $36.1B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.8% | -3.1% |
| P/B | 1.15 | 7.90 |
| P/S | 0.25 | 2.96 |
| EV/EBITDA | 41.2 | 15.2 |
| Revenue growth | +57.8% | +7.7% |
| Gross margin | 3.5% | 45.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 12.2% |
| Return on equity | 3.9% | 32.6% |
| Return on assets | 1.4% | 10.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 16.5% |
| FCF yield | -5.8% | 6.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.84 | 1.23 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 1.18 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.34 | 3.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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