CAG vs. GIS, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, PPC, CPB, SJM, and SFD
Should you be buying Conagra Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Conagra Brands include General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Smithfield Foods (SFD). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Conagra Brands vs.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, General Mills had 2 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for General Mills and 41 mentions for Conagra Brands. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Conagra Brands' score of 0.42 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Mills has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.13%. General Mills' return on equity of 27.55% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.
Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Mills has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Conagra Brands presently has a consensus price target of $29.78, suggesting a potential upside of 15.35%. General Mills has a consensus price target of $69.88, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than General Mills.
General Mills received 56 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.15% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 54.02% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Conagra Brands pays out 137.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. General Mills pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Conagra Brands. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conagra Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
General Mills beats Conagra Brands on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CAG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
