Freshpet vs General Mills
FRPT and GIS side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FRPT and GIS compare
General Mills is the larger company, worth 5.7 times as much as Freshpet ($18.3B against $3.2B).
Freshpet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.8% versus −4.5% for General Mills).
Freshpet keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.3% compared with −4.9% at General Mills.
General Mills pays a dividend yielding 7.1%; Freshpet does not pay one.
Freshpet scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 7 for General Mills), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FRPT | GIS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $18.3B |
| Share price | $67.50 | $34.29 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.3% | −26.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −55.4% | −45.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.17 | 0.04 |
| Employees | 1,288 | 30K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.0× | – |
| P/S | 2.8× | 1.0× (better) |
| P/B | 2.6× | 2.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.3× (better) | 90.1× |
| P/FCF | 53.1× | 11.9× (better) |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 8.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $130.62 | $50.01 |
| Margin of safety | 48.3% (better) | 31.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.8% (better) | −4.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 28.2% | 53.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 504% (better) | −131% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 461% (better) | −131% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.4% (better) | 33.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.1% (better) | −1.1% |
| Net margin | 17.3% (better) | −4.9% |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 8.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 17.6% (better) | −10.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.1% (better) | −0.75% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.83 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 37.68 |
| Interest coverage | 6.8× | – |
| Current ratio | 6.05 (better) | 0.70 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.44 (better) | 1.93 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 7.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 3.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 7.1% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 132% | 87.8% |
| Held by insiders | 2.5% | 0.48% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$36.5M | −$1.0M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.3% | 7.7% |
Go deeper
- FRPT stock overview
- FRPT income statement
- FRPT valuation and score
- GIS stock overview
- GIS income statement
- GIS valuation and score
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