Campbell Soup Co. vs Smith & Nephew plc — how do they compare? Campbell Soup Co. trades at $22.72 (market cap $6.78B), while Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.05 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: Smith & Nephew plc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Campbell Soup Co. pays the higher dividend (6.87%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CPB | SNN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.78B | $12.54B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Health |
52-Week High | $34.03 | $38.70 |
52-Week Low | $20.00 | $28.73 |
Enterprise Value | $13.38B | $15.57B |
Dividend Yield | 6.87% | 2.65% |
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With a history that dates back around 150 years, Campbell Soup is now a leading manufacturer and marketer of branded convenience food products, most notably soup. The firm's product assortment includes well-known brands like Campbell's, Pace, Prego, Swanson, V8, and Pepperidge Farm. Following the sale of its international snacking operations, which wrapped in calendar 2019, the firm derives nearly all of its sales from its home turf. Campbell has made a handful of acquisitions to reshape its product mix the past few years, including the tie-up with Snyder's-Lance (completed in March 2018), which enhances its exposure to the faster-growing on-trend snack food aisle, complementing its Pepperidge Farm lineup.
Read more on CPB →Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
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