GIS vs. MDLZ, HSY, K, TSN, MKC, HRL, CAG, PPC, SJM, and CPB
Should you be buying General Mills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Mills include Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), J. M. Smucker (SJM), and Campbell Soup (CPB). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
General Mills vs.
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. General Mills pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 55.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mondelez International has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. General Mills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
General Mills presently has a consensus price target of $65.69, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.96%. Given General Mills' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe General Mills is more favorable than Mondelez International.
Mondelez International received 235 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.33% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mondelez International had 2 more articles in the media than General Mills. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Mondelez International and 44 mentions for General Mills. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat General Mills' score of 0.78 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Mills has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 12.68%. General Mills' return on equity of 27.55% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than General Mills. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Mondelez International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General Mills has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mondelez International beats General Mills on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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