GIS vs. CHEF, CPB, IPAR, KHC, CAG, KMB, KR, LW, POST, and UNFI
Should you be buying General Mills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Mills include Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Campbell's (CPB), Interparfums (IPAR), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Kroger (KR), Lamb Weston (LW), Post (POST), and United Natural Foods (UNFI).
General Mills vs. Its Competitors
Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
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.
In the previous week, General Mills had 26 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for General Mills and 1 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat General Mills' score of 0.73 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chefs' Warehouse currently has a consensus price target of $67.40, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. General Mills has a consensus price target of $59.73, indicating a potential upside of 12.43%. Given General Mills' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Mills is more favorable than Chefs' Warehouse.
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.
Summary
General Mills beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GIS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff