Hormel Foods (HRL) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GIS or HRL?

General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Hormel Foods. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, 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	$19.86B	1.83	$2.50B	$4.20	15.55
Hormel Foods	$12.11B	1.38	$793.57M	$1.42	21.42

Does the media favor GIS or HRL?

In the previous week, General Mills had 8 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for General Mills and 3 mentions for Hormel Foods. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.92 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Mills	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hormel Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GIS or HRL?

General Mills currently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.74%. Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $31.57, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. Given General Mills' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe General Mills is more favorable than Hormel Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Mills	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Hormel Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Which has more risk & volatility, GIS or HRL?

General Mills has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GIS or HRL?

75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GIS or HRL?

General Mills received 198 more outperform votes than Hormel Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.42% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 54.28% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Mills	Outperform Votes 647 54.28%	Underperform Votes 545 45.72%
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 449 57.42%	Underperform Votes 333 42.58%

Is GIS or HRL a better dividend stock?

General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. General Mills pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods pays out 79.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 59 consecutive years. Hormel Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is GIS or HRL more profitable?

General Mills has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.52%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.85% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Mills	12.14%	26.85%	8.25%
Hormel Foods	6.52%	11.03%	6.38%

Summary

General Mills beats Hormel Foods on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.