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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chefs' Warehouse1.65% 13.15% 3.70%
General Mills 11.78%24.88%7.16%

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.

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

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.69$55.48M$1.5142.37
General Mills$19.49B1.48$2.30B$4.1012.96

Summary

General Mills beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GIS vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral MillsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.83B$8.49B$16.44B$20.73B
Dividend Yield4.52%3.40%3.10%3.72%
P/E Ratio12.9626.6020.3328.09
Price / Sales1.481.7457.0138.31
Price / Cash10.0012.8314.8722.53
Price / Book3.133.736.184.58
Net Income$2.30B$398.24M$685.51M$986.06M
7 Day Performance5.19%2.25%2.76%2.79%
1 Month Performance-2.73%0.23%0.62%5.42%
1 Year Performance-15.77%0.15%7.75%14.63%

General Mills Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIS
General Mills
4.6714 of 5 stars
$53.13
-1.3%
$59.73
+12.4%
-15.8%$28.83B$19.49B12.9633,000
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
1.4459 of 5 stars
$64.05
+0.8%
$67.40
+5.2%
+56.6%$2.61B$3.87B42.425,029Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
3.7277 of 5 stars
$30.68
-0.4%
$40.11
+30.7%
-30.7%$9.15B$10.23B20.3214,400
IPAR
Interparfums
4.0696 of 5 stars
$131.40
-0.4%
$157.60
+19.9%
+21.2%$4.22B$1.45B25.56530Positive News
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.7355 of 5 stars
$25.78
+0.7%
$30.47
+18.2%
-17.0%$30.51B$25.85B11.7737,000Trending News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.4859 of 5 stars
$20.51
+0.5%
$25.36
+23.7%
-25.4%$9.79B$12.05B30.1618,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.6565 of 5 stars
$128.96
+0.8%
$143.50
+11.3%
-3.6%$42.79B$19.75B17.0844,000Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.2737 of 5 stars
$71.57
+0.2%
$70.00
-2.2%
+36.9%$47.30B$147.12B19.50420,000
LW
Lamb Weston
4.7929 of 5 stars
$52.20
-2.2%
$67.73
+29.7%
-35.9%$7.37B$6.47B20.4710,700
POST
Post
4.1076 of 5 stars
$109.07
+0.3%
$130.50
+19.6%
+4.3%$6.08B$7.92B19.4111,480Trending News
UNFI
United Natural Foods
4.0636 of 5 stars
$23.22
+2.0%
$26.43
+13.8%
+88.8%$1.41B$32.24B-20.1928,333

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This page (NYSE:GIS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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