GIS vs. CTVA, KVUE, HSY, SYY, ABEV, KHC, KMB, CCEP, KDP, and STZ
Should you be buying General Mills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Mills include Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), Hershey (HSY), Sysco (SYY), Ambev (ABEV), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), and Constellation Brands (STZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Corteva. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corteva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.5% of Corteva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corteva shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of General Mills shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Mills received 500 more outperform votes than Corteva when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.37% of users gave Corteva an outperform vote while only 54.91% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
General Mills has a net margin of 12.66% compared to General Mills' net margin of 3.32%. Corteva's return on equity of 26.84% beat General Mills' return on equity.
In the previous week, Corteva had 5 more articles in the media than General Mills. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Corteva and 16 mentions for General Mills. Corteva's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat General Mills' score of 0.65 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Corteva pays out 81.0% 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 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corteva has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and General Mills has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. General Mills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Corteva has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Mills has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Corteva presently has a consensus target price of $63.24, indicating a potential upside of 12.02%. General Mills has a consensus target price of $72.06, indicating a potential upside of 1.14%. Given General Mills' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Corteva is more favorable than General Mills.
Summary
General Mills beats Corteva on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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