CPB vs EDU vs HRL Stock Comparison

Campbell'S, New Oriental Education & Technology and Hormel Foods Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CPB CAMPBELL'S Co
$20.63 +6.5% 1M -33.3% 1Y
Market cap
$6.10B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.74B
Div. yield
0.08%
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
2 wins
HRL Hormel Foods Corp /De/
$20.95 +6.3% 1M -12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$11.47B
P/E
33.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.15B
Div. yield
0.06%
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

New Oriental Education & Technology leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (New Oriental Education & Technology 7, Hormel Foods 3, Campbell'S 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPBEDUHRLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.10B $9.15B $11.47B HRL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.1x 19.3x 33.5x CPB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.1x 12.5x 15.0x EDU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -5.0% +15.5% +0.7% EDU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.1% 8.4% 2.8% EDU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.9% 13.8% 3.5% EDU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.3x — 1.8x HRL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.08% 0.00% 0.06% CPB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -33.3% -2.8% -12.1% EDU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.4%/yr +22.3%/yr -13.1%/yr EDU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.5% 35.2% 30.0% HRL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 68/100 49/100 EDU

Percentile Scorecard

CPBEDUHRL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCPBEDUHRL
Valuation 82 #9 of 45 72 #10 of 33 66 #16 of 45
Growth 17 #35 of 42 76 #8 of 30 27 #31 of 42
Profitability 64 #15 of 40 71 #9 of 29 49 #21 of 40
Financial Health 22 #37 of 47 68 #13 of 39 74 #13 of 47
Shareholder Returns 37 #20 of 31 54 #7 of 14 30 #22 of 31
Overall 44 68 49
  • CPB ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods
  • EDU ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • HRL ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCPBEDUHRLSPY
1 month +6.5%+3.4%+6.3% -0.8%
3 months -7.8%+16.9%-19.6% +3.5%
6 months +0.4%+11.7%-2.4% +7.0%
Year to date -26.0%+6.1%-11.6% +12.2%
1 year -33.3%-2.8%-12.1% +13.0%
3 years -49.0%-9.4%-33.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -20.1%-3.3%-12.6% +23.1%
5 years -48.3%+172.9%-50.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -12.4%+22.3%-13.1% +11.0%
10 years -61.6%+11.4%-45.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year -9.1%+1.1%-5.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCPBEDUHRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.5%35.2%30.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.7%33.4%29.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.380.14-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.99-0.08-0.40 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -67.2%-62.9%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.8%-8.0%-21.0% -1.8%
52-week high $31.66$63.51$26.51 $779.14
52-week low $18.90$44.44$19.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCPBEDUHRL
P/E now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 20.5x 19.4xmedian 15.5x 33.7xmedian 20.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 0.8x 1.6xmedian 1.3x 0.9xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 12.3x —median 10.1x 12.5xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 14.0x 8.8xmedian 14.7x 14.8xmedian 14.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.4x 2.1xmedian 2.0x 1.5xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median -0.69median 0.42 0.46median 0.35 -1.25median 0.42

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCPBEDUHRL
Revenue $9.74B $5.66B $12.15B
Gross profit $2.74B $634.59M $1.90B
Operating income $852.00M $643.25M $573.89M
Net income $405.00M $516.66M $342.71M
Free cash flow $678.00M $1.03B $780.87M
R&D $99.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.34 $3.01 $0.62
Cash & equivalents $394.00M $1.82B $839.64M
Total debt $28.19B $1.08B $2.86B
Shares (diluted) 300.00M 157.85M 551.07M
Enterprise value $4.58B -$1.99B $8.14B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCPBEDUHRL
P/E 15.3x 19.4x 33.7x
P/FCF 9.1x 8.8x 14.8x
P/Operating cash flow 5.9x 8.8x 10.6x
P/S 0.6x 1.6x 0.9x
P/B 1.6x 2.1x 1.5x
P/Tangible book -17.8x 2.1x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA 10.2x – 12.5x
EV/EBIT 15.1x 10.2x 23.6x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 1.2x 1.1x
EV/FCF 19.0x 6.4x 17.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.4x 6.4x 12.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.69 0.46 -1.25

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPBEDUHRL
Revenue growth (1Y) -5.0% 15.5% 0.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.4% 23.6% -0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -12.1% 1,976,824% -3.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -2.0% 28.1% -2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -24.2% 50.2% -43.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.4% 50.1% -21.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -32.7% 37.5% -54.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -22.1% 30.0% -26.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -33.1% 32.1% -54.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -22.2% 42.0% -27.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -8.1% 14.6% 17.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 1.9% -0.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.8% 14.6% 24.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.3% 1.9% -2.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPBEDUHRL
Gross margin 28.1% 11.2% 15.7%
EBITDA margin 13.0% – 8.9%
Operating margin 8.7% 11.4% 4.7%
Pretax margin 5.4% 11.4% 4.3%
Net margin 4.1% 8.4% 2.8%
FCF margin 7.0% 18.1% 6.4%
Operating cash flow margin 10.7% 18.1% 9.0%
Return on equity 10.3% 11.8% 4.3%
Return on assets 2.6% 6.1% 2.6%
Return on invested capital 5.9% 13.8% 3.5%
Return on capital employed 7.1% 13.9% 5.0%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x 2.0x 3.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPBEDUHRL
Debt / assets 45.6% 3.2% 21.5%
Debt / equity 1.9x 0.1x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.3x – 1.8x
Debt / FCF 10.5x 0.3x 3.7x
Liabilities / assets 75.4% 50.8% 40.9%
Equity / assets 24.6% 49.2% 59.1%
Interest coverage 2.6x – 7.3x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.5x 1.9x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.7x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.48 2.69 3.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPBEDUHRL
Dividend yield 6.9% 2.1% 5.6%
Net buyback yield 0.4% – –
Shareholder yield 7.3% 2.1% 5.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 116.0% – 187.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 69.3% – 82.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.4% – 1.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.7% – 3.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCPBEDUHRL
Forward P/E 13.1xFY2027 12.5xFY2026 15.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.58FY2027 $4.68FY2026 $1.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -27.2%FY2027 +31.1%FY2026 +2.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.3% +11.8% +17.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.76BFY2027 $6.34BFY2026 $11.68BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.2%FY2027 +12.1%FY2026 -3.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.6% +10.6% +2.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPBEDUHRL
Held by institutions 61.7% 31.4% 43.8%
Institutions holding 620 170 622
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% -5.3% -4.0%
Institutions buying 388 80 323
Institutions selling 150 65 230
Buyers to sellers 2.59 1.23 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CPBEDUHRL
CPB 1.00 0.03 0.43
EDU 0.03 1.00 0.01
HRL 0.43 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPB, EDU and HRL?

Hormel Foods (HRL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Campbell'S (CPB) $6.10B, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) $9.15B, Hormel Foods (HRL) $11.47B.

Which stock is cheaper, CPB, EDU and HRL?

Campbell'S (CPB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Campbell'S (CPB) 15.1x, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 19.3x, Hormel Foods (HRL) 33.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) is cheapest (Campbell'S (CPB) 13.1x, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 12.5x, Hormel Foods (HRL) 15.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Campbell'S (CPB) -5.0%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) +15.5%, Hormel Foods (HRL) +0.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) has the highest net margin (Campbell'S (CPB) 4.1%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 8.4%, Hormel Foods (HRL) 2.8%). On return on invested capital, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) leads (Campbell'S (CPB) 5.9%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 13.8%, Hormel Foods (HRL) 3.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) returned the most: Campbell'S (CPB) -33.3%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) -2.8%, Hormel Foods (HRL) -12.1%. Over five years, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) compounded fastest (Campbell'S (CPB) -12.4%/yr, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) +22.3%/yr, Hormel Foods (HRL) -13.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Campbell'S (CPB) has the highest dividend yield: Campbell'S (CPB) 0.08%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 0.00%, Hormel Foods (HRL) 0.06%. New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hormel Foods (HRL) has been the steadiest (Campbell'S (CPB) 33.5%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 35.2%, Hormel Foods (HRL) 30.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CPB, EDU and HRL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.