Conagra Brands (CAG) Competitors

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GIS or CAG?

75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Conagra Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GIS or CAG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Mills	$19.80B	1.78	$2.50B	$4.20	15.15
Conagra Brands	$11.94B	1.08	$347.20M	$1.03	26.32

Do analysts prefer GIS or CAG?

General Mills currently has a consensus target price of $71.56, indicating a potential upside of 12.50%. Conagra Brands has a consensus target price of $30.88, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Given Conagra Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than General Mills.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Mills	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Conagra Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more risk & volatility, GIS or CAG?

General Mills has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GIS or CAG a better dividend stock?

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. General Mills pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Conagra Brands pays out 135.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to GIS or CAG?

In the previous week, General Mills had 30 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for General Mills and 38 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat General Mills' score of 0.42 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Mills	17 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Conagra Brands	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GIS or CAG?

General Mills received 54 more outperform votes than Conagra Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 54.04% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Mills	Outperform Votes 649 54.04%	Underperform Votes 552 45.96%
Conagra Brands	Outperform Votes 595 58.33%	Underperform Votes 425 41.67%

Is GIS or CAG more profitable?

General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 4.14%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.85% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Mills	12.14%	26.85%	8.25%
Conagra Brands	4.14%	13.71%	5.65%

Summary

General Mills beats Conagra Brands on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.