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
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Chefs' Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
General Mills has a net margin of 15.24% compared to Chefs' Warehouse's net margin of 1.76%. General Mills' return on equity of 23.46% beat Chefs' Warehouse's return on equity.
In the previous week, General Mills had 25 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for General Mills and 3 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of -0.02 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Mills presently has a consensus target price of $55.82, suggesting a potential upside of 15.87%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus target price of $69.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.93%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than General Mills.
General Mills has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Chefs' Warehouse 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.
Summary
General Mills beats Chefs' Warehouse on 9 of the 16 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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This page (NYSE:GIS) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
