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 -5.8% and HRL reads 7.4%; 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 | $102.78 | $19.20 |
| Market cap | $20.1B | $10.6B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.8% | — |
| P/E | — | 30.5 |
| P/B | 1.15 | 1.35 |
| P/S | 0.25 | 0.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 41.2 | 16.1 |
| 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 | -5.8% | 7.4% |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 6.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.84 | 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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