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Stocks/Sectors/Consumer Defensive/Food Confectioners

Food Confectioners Industry

Food Confectioners industry analysis: EL7 Score and the best stocks ranked by value, profitability, and momentum.

Best Stocks in Food Confectioners

Ranked among 3 stocks with a market cap above $500M. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank
Company
Price
Change
P/E
Fwd P/E
Value
Growth
Quality
Safety
Capital Return
EL7 Score
1/3
HSY
HSYThe Hershey
$173.32-0.6%23.518.388531005982
94
2/3
TR
TRTootsie Roll
$38.89+1.4%29.9—24592010029
41
3/3
MDLZ
MDLZMondelez International
$62.44-0.0%22.919.06524272447
35

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

EL7 Score
62Balanced

77 of 151

P/E 23.2 vs period average 30.6 Cheaper than its history

Total stocks6
Total Market Cap$118B
Median P/E23.2x
Median Net Margin8.9%
Value
48
Growth
37
Quality
64
Safety
60
Capital Return
63
Momentum
58
Sentiment
62

Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund
Exposure
Assets
Expense
Holdings
XLPState Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF100.0%$14B0.08%35
VDCVanguard Consumer Staples ETF97.9%$9B0.09%103

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.

Recent Analyst Ratings

Upgrades and downgrades on the sector's stocks

HSYTD CowenBuyHold1 SepHSYRBC CapitalSector PerformHold21 AugHSYDeutsche BankHoldHold31 JulHSYBernsteinMarket PerformHold31 JulMDLZBarclaysOverweightHold30 JulMDLZUBSNeutralHold29 JulMDLZTD CowenBuyHold29 JulMDLZJefferiesBuyHold29 Jul