General Mills (GIS) Competitors

Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CHEF or GIS?

General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Chefs' Warehouse. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chefs' Warehouse, 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
Chefs' Warehouse	$3.79B	0.72	$55.48M	$1.51	44.40
General Mills	$19.49B	1.44	$2.30B	$4.10	12.63

Does the media refer more to CHEF or GIS?

In the previous week, General Mills had 23 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for General Mills and 1 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 0.00 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
General Mills	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CHEF or GIS?

Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus target price of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 0.54%. General Mills has a consensus target price of $59.73, indicating a potential upside of 15.34%. Given General Mills' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Mills is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chefs' Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
General Mills	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

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

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CHEF or GIS more profitable?

General Mills has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.65%. General Mills' return on equity of 24.88% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse	1.65%	13.15%	3.70%
General Mills	11.78%	24.88%	7.16%

Summary

General Mills beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.