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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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

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$3.87B0.65$55.48M$1.5140.99
General Mills$19.49B1.42$2.30B$4.1012.44

Chefs' Warehouse presently has a consensus price target of $67.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.90%. General Mills has a consensus price target of $59.73, suggesting a potential upside of 17.11%. 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)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

In the previous week, General Mills had 15 more articles in the media than Chefs' Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for General Mills and 11 mentions for Chefs' Warehouse. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Chefs' Warehouse's score of 1.22 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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%

91.6% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Chefs' Warehouse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

General Mills beats Chefs' Warehouse on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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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$27.81B$8.55B$16.36B$21.15B
Dividend Yield4.76%3.36%3.09%3.58%
P/E Ratio12.4426.2320.0227.76
Price / Sales1.421.7546.3658.40
Price / Cash9.6412.9215.1423.00
Price / Book3.003.616.124.67
Net Income$2.30B$409.44M$689.13M$993.85M
7 Day Performance1.75%0.86%1.07%1.48%
1 Month Performance0.53%1.69%4.41%5.79%
1 Year Performance-22.52%-1.79%1.11%11.41%

General Mills Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIS
General Mills
4.671 of 5 stars
$51.01
-0.5%
$59.73
+17.1%
-22.1%$27.81B$19.49B12.4433,000Positive News
CHEF
Chefs' Warehouse
2.4389 of 5 stars
$65.50
+1.0%
$67.40
+2.9%
+48.0%$2.66B$3.79B43.375,029Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CPB
Campbell's
2.9946 of 5 stars
$30.73
-0.8%
$39.33
+28.0%
-29.5%$9.16B$9.64B20.3514,400
IPAR
Interparfums
4.6787 of 5 stars
$128.88
-0.5%
$162.00
+25.7%
-9.8%$4.13B$1.45B25.04530News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
KHC
Kraft Heinz
4.4208 of 5 stars
$27.48
-1.2%
$30.29
+10.3%
-12.9%$32.54B$25.85B12.5536,000Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
CAG
Conagra Brands
4.7001 of 5 stars
$18.70
-1.9%
$22.58
+20.8%
-35.3%$8.93B$11.61B7.8318,300Positive News
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.8213 of 5 stars
$126.62
-0.7%
$141.50
+11.8%
-9.1%$42.01B$19.75B16.7744,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KR
Kroger
4.5971 of 5 stars
$71.94
+0.8%
$70.25
-2.4%
+33.6%$47.56B$147.12B19.61409,000Trending News
LW
Lamb Weston
4.3127 of 5 stars
$47.96
-2.1%
$67.64
+41.0%
+4.0%$6.78B$6.47B18.8410,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
POST
Post
4.0273 of 5 stars
$106.03
-0.5%
$130.00
+22.6%
-0.4%$5.91B$7.92B18.8711,480Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
UNFI
United Natural Foods
4.225 of 5 stars
$26.41
-3.2%
$27.00
+2.2%
+90.1%$1.60B$30.98B-23.0228,333Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:GIS) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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