Southwest Airlines Co vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? Southwest Airlines Co trades at $45.21 (market cap $22.27B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $117.5 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: Southwest Airlines Co is the larger of the two by market cap, and J M Smucker Co pays the higher dividend (3.82%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUV | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $22.27B | $12.54B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $54.80 | $126.35 |
52-Week Low | $29.67 | $89.53 |
Enterprise Value | $25.37B | $19.57B |
Dividend Yield | 1.58% | 3.82% |
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Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic carrier in the United States, as measured by the number of originating passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 700 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite expanding into longer routes and business travel, the airline still specializes in short-haul leisure flights, using a point-to-point network. Southwest operates a low-cost carrier business model.
Read more on LUV →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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