GENERAL MILLS, INC. vs TYSON FOODS, INC., two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GIS and TSN diverge most: on revenue growth, GIS reads -5.3% and TSN reads +3.9%; on operating margin, GIS reads -45.4% and TSN reads 3.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GIS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What TSN'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 | TSN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.77 | $57.91 |
| Market cap | $19.2B | $20.5B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/B | 2.60 | 1.13 |
| P/S | 1.04 | 0.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 32.5 | 11.0 |
| Revenue growth | -5.3% | +3.9% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 7.0% |
| Operating margin | -45.4% | 3.2% |
| Net margin | -6.2% | 0.8% |
| Return on equity | -15.5% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | -3.8% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.2% | 4.6% |
| FCF yield | 8.5% | 6.0% |
| Dividend yield | 6.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.97 | 0.01 |
| Current ratio | 0.68 | 1.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.76 | 8.50 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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