Flowers Foods and Hershey Classified as Consumer Staples Companies
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What happened
Flowers Foods and Hershey have been classified as consumer staples companies. A comparison of the two companies examined various financial metrics, including net margins, return on equity, and return on assets. The analysis also compared institutional ownership levels, volatility, and valuation between the two firms.
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Why it matters
The comparison showed that Hershey has higher revenue and earnings per share than Flowers Foods. Furthermore, Hershey has a lower beta of 0.1, suggesting its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500, compared to Flowers Foods' beta of 0.43.
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Who's involved
- Flowers FoodsConsumer staples company and owner of the Tastykake brand
- HersheyConsumer staples company reliant on West Africa for cocoa inputs
- MarketBeatProvided consensus ratings and market analysis on Flowers Foods
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The entities involved
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Flowers Foods
bakeries of the United States
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Hershey
Unincorporated community in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States