GIS vs. CTVA, HSY, KVUE, FMX, SYY, ABEV, KMB, STZ, KDP, and CCEP
Should you be buying General Mills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Mills include Corteva (CTVA), Hershey (HSY), Kenvue (KVUE), Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), Sysco (SYY), Ambev (ABEV), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Constellation Brands (STZ), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Corteva pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. General Mills pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
General Mills has a net margin of 12.66% compared to Corteva's net margin of 3.32%. General Mills' return on equity of 26.84% beat Corteva's return on equity.
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 beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corteva has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Corteva had 10 more articles in the media than General Mills. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Corteva and 8 mentions for General Mills. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Corteva's score of 0.71 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Mills presently has a consensus target price of $72.06, suggesting a potential upside of 3.80%. Corteva has a consensus target price of $63.05, suggesting a potential upside of 12.61%. Given Corteva's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corteva is more favorable than General Mills.
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.
75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Corteva shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of General Mills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Corteva shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
General Mills beats Corteva on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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