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 fcf yield, BG reads -5.6% and HSY reads 5.8%; on implied growth (priced in), BG reads +8.4% and HSY reads +0.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BG price has a different growth bar priced in than HSY (+8.4% implied for BG vs +0.3% for HSY); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). 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 | $106.14 | $174.94 |
| Market cap | $20.8B | $38.8B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.4% | +0.3% |
| P/B | 1.19 | 8.49 |
| P/S | 0.26 | 3.19 |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.7 | 16.5 |
| 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 | — | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | -5.6% | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.91 | 1.25 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 1.18 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.34 | 4.13 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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