GIS vs. K, KVUE, KHC, HSY, KMB, ABEV, KDP, STZ, MNST, and CTVA
Should you be buying General Mills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Mills include Kellogg (K), Kenvue (KVUE), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Hershey (HSY), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Ambev (ABEV), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Monster Beverage (MNST), and Corteva (CTVA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
General Mills vs.
Kellogg (NYSE:K) and General Mills (NYSE:GIS) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Kellogg pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. General Mills pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kellogg pays out 97.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. General Mills pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kellogg has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years and General Mills has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kellogg is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
General Mills received 117 more outperform votes than Kellogg when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.76% of users gave General Mills an outperform vote while only 53.82% of users gave Kellogg an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kellogg had 15 more articles in the media than General Mills. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Kellogg and 5 mentions for General Mills. General Mills' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Kellogg's score of 0.29 indicating that General Mills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kellogg currently has a consensus target price of $72.27, suggesting a potential upside of 7.07%. General Mills has a consensus target price of $84.76, suggesting a potential downside of 0.58%. Given Kellogg's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kellogg is more favorable than General Mills.
Kellogg has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Mills has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
82.6% of Kellogg shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kellogg shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Mills shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Mills has a net margin of 14.04% compared to Kellogg's net margin of 5.33%. Kellogg's return on equity of 32.09% beat General Mills' return on equity.
General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Kellogg. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kellogg, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
General Mills beats Kellogg on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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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