BUNGE GLOBAL SA vs HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BG and HRL diverge most: on fcf yield, BG reads -4.8% and HRL reads 6.9%; on revenue growth, BG reads +57.8% and HRL reads +0.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HRL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BG | HRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $122.56 | $20.56 |
| Market cap | $24.0B | $11.3B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.5% | — |
| P/E | — | 32.6 |
| P/B | 1.38 | 1.44 |
| P/S | 0.30 | 0.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 47.6 | 17.2 |
| Revenue growth | +57.8% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | 3.5% | 15.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 3.9% | 4.4% |
| Return on assets | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 3.1% |
| FCF yield | -4.8% | 6.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 5.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.91 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.60 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.34 | 7.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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