HERSHEY CO vs Mondelez International, Inc., two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HSY and MDLZ diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), HSY reads +0.1% and MDLZ reads +8.9%; on debt / equity, HSY reads 1.25 and MDLZ reads 0.11. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's HSY price has a different growth bar priced in than MDLZ (+0.1% implied for HSY vs +8.9% for MDLZ); 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). What MDLZ'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 | HSY | MDLZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $174.94 | $62.31 |
| Market cap | $38.8B | $80.1B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.1% | +8.9% |
| P/E | — | 30.9 |
| P/B | 8.49 | 3.11 |
| P/S | 3.19 | 2.04 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.5 | 16.4 |
| Revenue growth | +7.7% | +7.8% |
| Gross margin | 45.3% | 27.8% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 8.0% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| Return on equity | 32.6% | 10.1% |
| Return on assets | 10.7% | 3.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.4% | 10.1% |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.25 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 0.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.13 | 2.18 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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