Consolidated Edison, Inc. vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? Consolidated Edison, Inc. trades at $107.5 (market cap $39.76B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $117.5 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: Consolidated Edison, Inc. is far larger — about 3.2× J M Smucker Co's market cap, and J M Smucker Co pays the higher dividend (3.82%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ED | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $39.76B | $12.54B |
Sector | Utilities | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $115.46 | $126.35 |
52-Week Low | $95.37 | $89.53 |
Enterprise Value | $66.61B | $19.57B |
Dividend Yield | 3.27% | 3.82% |
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Con Ed is a holding company for Consolidated Edison of New York, or CECONY, and Orange & Rockland, or O&R. These utilities provide steam, natural gas, and electricity to customers in southeastern New York—including New York City—and small parts of New Jersey. The two utilities will generate nearly all of Con Ed's earnings once it closes the sale of its clean energy business to RWE. Con Ed's clean energy business owns the second-largest portfolio of utility-scale solar projects in the U.S. Following the sale, Con Ed's only non-utility earnings will come from investments in gas and electric transmission.
Read more on ED →J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (87% of fiscal 2022 revenue), but also in U.S. food-service (7%), and international (6%). Its largest segment is pet food and treats (36% of 2022 revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (35% across channels) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin'. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and frozen hand-held foods (6%) with number-one Uncrustables.
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