General Mills vs Pilgrims Pride
GIS and PPC 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 PPC compare
General Mills is the larger company, worth 2.7 times as much as Pilgrims Pride ($18.3B against $6.8B).
Pilgrims Pride grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−0.12% versus −4.5% for General Mills).
Pilgrims Pride keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.7% compared with −4.9% at General Mills.
General Mills pays a dividend yielding 7.1%; Pilgrims Pride does not pay one.
Pilgrims Pride scores higher on the StockData Score (8 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 | PPC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.3B | $6.8B |
| Share price | $34.29 | $28.72 |
| Change, 1 year | −26.4% | −24.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −45.3% | 2.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.04 | 0.36 |
| Employees | 30K | 63K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 21.3× |
| P/S | 1.0× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 2.5× | 1.8× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 90.1× | 8.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 11.9× (better) | 14.7× |
| PEG | – | 1.57 |
| FCF yield | 8.4% (better) | 6.8% |
| Fair value | $50.01 | $33.64 |
| Margin of safety | 31.4% (better) | 14.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.5% | −0.12% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 53.1% (better) | 8.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −131% | −74.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −131% | −73.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 63.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.6% (better) | 7.9% |
| Operating margin | −1.1% | 3.4% (better) |
| Net margin | −4.9% | 1.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.5% (better) | 2.5% |
| Return on equity | −10.6% | 8.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −0.75% | 6.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.83 | 0.88 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 37.68 | 2.22 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.9× |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 1.55 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.93 | 2.94 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 7.1% (better) | 0.00% |
| Years of dividend growth | 6 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 7.1% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 87.8% | 20.6% |
| Held by insiders | 0.48% | 82.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.0M | −$303K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.7% | 14.4% |
Go deeper
- GIS stock overview
- GIS income statement
- GIS valuation and score
- PPC stock overview
- PPC income statement
- PPC valuation and score
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