General Mills vs Hormel Foods
GIS and HRL 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 GIS and HRL compare
General Mills is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Hormel Foods ($18.3B against $11.7B).
Hormel Foods grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.73% versus −4.5% for General Mills).
Hormel Foods keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.8% compared with −4.9% at General Mills.
Both pay dividends: General Mills yields 7.1% and Hormel Foods 5.5%.
Hormel Foods scores higher on the StockData Score (12 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 | GIS | HRL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.3B | $11.7B |
| Share price | $34.29 | $21.28 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.4% | −0.98% |
| Change, 5 years | −45.3% | −50.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.04 | 0.19 |
| Employees | 30K | 20K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 5 | 5 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 33.8× |
| P/S | 1.0× | 1.0× (better) |
| P/B | 2.5× | 1.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 90.1× | 16.2× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.9× (better) | 15.0× |
| FCF yield | 8.4% (better) | 6.7% |
| Fair value | $50.01 | $18.11 |
| Margin of safety | 31.4% (better) | −17.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.5% | 0.73% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 53.1% (better) | 4.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −131% | −54.6% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −131% | −54.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −12.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.6% (better) | 15.7% |
| Operating margin | −1.1% | 4.7% (better) |
| Net margin | −4.9% | 2.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.5% (better) | 6.4% |
| Return on equity | −10.6% | 4.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −0.75% | 3.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.83 | 0.36 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 37.68 | 2.35 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 7.3× |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 1.88 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.93 | 3.28 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 7.1% (better) | 5.5% |
| Payout ratio | – | 187% |
| Years of dividend growth | 6 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.9% | 4.5% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.1% (better) | 5.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 87.8% | 43.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.48% | 0.52% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.0M | −$817K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.7% | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- GIS stock overview
- GIS income statement
- GIS valuation and score
- HRL stock overview
- HRL income statement
- HRL valuation and score
Other comparisons
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.