GENERAL MILLS, INC. vs HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GIS and HRL diverge most: on revenue growth, GIS reads -4.3% and HRL reads +0.8%; on net margin, GIS reads -4.9% and HRL reads 2.8%. 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 | GIS | HRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $32.29 | $19.20 |
| Market cap | $17.4B | $10.6B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 30.5 |
| P/B | 2.33 | 1.35 |
| P/S | 0.95 | 0.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 87.3 | 16.1 |
| Revenue growth | -4.3% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 15.9% |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 3.8% |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | -12.0% | 4.4% |
| Return on assets | -3.0% | 2.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| FCF yield | 8.9% | 7.4% |
| Dividend yield | 7.6% | 6.0% |
| Debt / equity | 1.82 | 0.36 |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.00 | 7.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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