Free Trial

General Mills (GIS) Competitors

General Mills logo
$50.53 +0.46 (+0.92%)
Closing price 09/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$50.56 +0.02 (+0.05%)
As of 05:23 AM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

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 businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

General Mills has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chefs' Warehouse has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Mills15.24% 23.46% 6.69%
Chefs' Warehouse 1.76%13.60%3.90%

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
General Mills$19.16B1.41$2.30B$5.299.55
Chefs' Warehouse$3.79B0.66$55.48M$1.6038.56

General Mills presently has a consensus price target of $55.82, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. Chefs' Warehouse has a consensus price target of $69.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.91%. Given Chefs' Warehouse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chefs' Warehouse is more favorable than General Mills.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Mills
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Chefs' Warehouse
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, General Mills had 60 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for General Mills and 6 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. Chefs' Warehouse's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat General Mills' score of 0.59 indicating that Chefs' Warehouse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Mills
28 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chefs' Warehouse
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Chefs' Warehouse beats General Mills on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get General Mills News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GIS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

Subscribe Now
By entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GIS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

GIS vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral MillsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$26.71B$8.21B$15.80B$21.71B
Dividend Yield4.85%3.73%3.15%3.52%
P/E Ratio9.5521.3617.7229.84
Price / Sales1.411.7748.1660.74
Price / Cash9.4212.6714.7224.72
Price / Book2.833.717.424.59
Net Income$2.30B$395.01M$674.86M$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.75%0.41%1.04%0.64%
1 Month Performance0.79%-0.45%1.65%2.77%
1 Year Performance-31.50%-7.64%-2.57%14.49%

General Mills Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIS
General Mills
4.5192 of 5 stars
$50.53
+0.9%
$55.82
+10.5%
-31.9%$26.71B$19.16B9.5533,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
3.2214 of 5 stars
$66.62
+0.7%
$69.67
+4.6%
+54.3%$2.72B$3.79B41.645,029Positive News
CPB
Campbell's
2.8539 of 5 stars
$32.87
-1.1%
$36.06
+9.7%
-33.1%$9.80B$10.25B16.4414,400Dividend Announcement
IPAR
Interparfums
4.2385 of 5 stars
$106.18
+0.3%
$162.00
+52.6%
-15.6%$3.41B$1.46B21.28530Positive News
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.0342 of 5 stars
$25.63
-1.9%
$29.76
+16.1%
-23.4%$30.34B$25.85B-5.7136,000Positive News
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.9482 of 5 stars
$18.69
-2.5%
$22.17
+18.6%
-43.7%$8.95B$11.61B7.8218,300Upcoming Earnings
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.8941 of 5 stars
$125.47
-2.0%
$142.70
+13.7%
-12.3%$41.63B$19.72B16.6244,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KR
Kroger
4.4352 of 5 stars
$67.33
-1.4%
$70.58
+4.8%
+16.4%$44.50B$147.12B17.09409,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
LW
Lamb Weston
4.6781 of 5 stars
$56.16
-0.5%
$65.30
+16.3%
-16.4%$7.83B$6.45B22.3810,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
POST
Post
4.2898 of 5 stars
$102.49
-2.4%
$131.20
+28.0%
-8.9%$5.57B$7.92B17.4311,480Trending News
UNFI
United Natural Foods
3.1215 of 5 stars
$28.02
-4.0%
$28.13
+0.4%
+74.2%$1.70B$32.24B-24.3728,333Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:GIS) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners