General Mills vs Magnum Ice Cream
GIS and MICC 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 MICC compare
Magnum Ice Cream grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−0.47% versus −4.5% for General Mills).
Magnum Ice Cream keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.7% compared with −4.9% at General Mills.
General Mills pays a dividend yielding 7.1%; Magnum Ice Cream does not pay one.
General Mills scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 5 for Magnum Ice Cream), 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 | MICC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.3B | – |
| Share price | $34.29 | $19.87 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.4% | – |
| Change, 5 years | −45.3% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.04 | – |
| Employees | 30K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.0× | – |
| P/B | 2.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 90.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 11.9× | – |
| FCF yield | 8.4% | – |
| Fair value | $50.01 | – |
| Margin of safety | 31.4% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.5% | −0.47% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 53.1% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −131% | −49.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −131% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 34.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | −1.1% | 7.6% (better) |
| Net margin | −4.9% | 3.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.5% (better) | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | −10.6% | 15.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −0.75% | 25.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.83 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 37.68 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 5.1× |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 1.01 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.93 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 7.1% | – |
| Payout ratio | – | 28.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 6 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.1% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 87.8% | 47.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.48% | 19.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.0M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.7% | – |
Go deeper
- GIS stock overview
- GIS income statement
- GIS valuation and score
- MICC stock overview
- MICC income statement
- MICC valuation and score
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