General Dynamics Corporation vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? General Dynamics Corporation trades at $391.11 (market cap $106.03B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $117.5 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: General Dynamics Corporation is far larger — about 8.5× 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.
| GD | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $106.03B | $12.54B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $395.97 | $126.35 |
52-Week Low | $312.53 | $89.53 |
Enterprise Value | $111.17B | $19.57B |
Dividend Yield | 1.62% | 3.82% |
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General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments include aerospace, combat systems, marine, and technologies. The company's aerospace segment creates Gulfstream business jets. Combat system produces land-based combat vehicles, such as the M1 Abrams tank. The marine subsegment creates nuclear-powered submarines, among other things. The technologies segment contains two main units, an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.
Read more on GD →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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