Campbell Soup Co. vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Campbell Soup Co. trades at $22.71 (market cap $6.78B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.55 (market cap $1.44B). The key difference: Campbell Soup Co. is far larger — about 4.7× Wendys Co's market cap, and Campbell Soup Co. pays the higher dividend (6.87%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CPB | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $6.78B | $1.44B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $34.03 | $10.68 |
52-Week Low | $20.00 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $13.38B | $5.17B |
Dividend Yield | 6.87% | 3.71% |
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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 →The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $11.1 billion in 2021, narrowly edging Burger King ($10.3 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($45.7 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spans almost 7,000 total units in 30 countries. Wendy's generates revenue from the sale of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and fries throughout its company-owned footprint, through franchise royalty and marketing fund payments remitted by its franchisees, which account for 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
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