GIS vs. MDLZ, HSY, K, MKC, TSN, HRL, SJM, PPC, CAG, and CPB
Should you be buying General Mills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Mills include Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), Kellanova (K), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Conagra Brands (CAG), and Campbell's (CPB). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
General Mills vs. Its Competitors
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than General Mills. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mondelez International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mondelez International received 241 more outperform votes than General Mills when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.25% of users gave Mondelez International an outperform vote while only 53.61% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote.
General Mills currently has a consensus target price of $63.44, suggesting a potential upside of 15.93%. Mondelez International has a consensus target price of $70.11, suggesting a potential upside of 2.91%. Given General Mills' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Mills is more favorable than Mondelez International.
General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. General Mills pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mondelez International pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. General Mills has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. General Mills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
75.7% of General Mills shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Mondelez International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, General Mills had 2 more articles in the media than Mondelez International. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for General Mills and 29 mentions for Mondelez International. Mondelez International's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat General Mills' score of 0.34 indicating that Mondelez International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Mills has a net margin of 13.08% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 12.68%. General Mills' return on equity of 27.55% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.
General Mills has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mondelez International beats General Mills on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GIS) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
