GENERAL MILLS, INC. vs J M SMUCKER Co, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GIS and SJM diverge most: on revenue growth, GIS reads -4.3% and SJM reads +5.1%; on net margin, GIS reads -4.9% and SJM reads 2.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SJM'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 | SJM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $32.29 | $119.81 |
| Market cap | $17.4B | $12.8B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 56.0 |
| P/B | 2.33 | 2.23 |
| P/S | 0.95 | 1.40 |
| EV/EBITDA | 87.3 | 17.5 |
| Revenue growth | -4.3% | +5.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 44.1% |
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 2.5% |
| Return on equity | -12.0% | 4.0% |
| Return on assets | -3.0% | 1.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | 5.0% |
| FCF yield | 8.9% | 12.4% |
| Dividend yield | 7.6% | 3.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.82 | 1.17 |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 0.87 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.00 | 1.39 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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