General Mills vs Pilgrim's Pride
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The short version
- Pilgrim's Pride is the larger business, with $18.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $18.4B for General Mills.
- Pilgrim's Pride grew revenue faster (3.5%, against −5.5%).
- Pilgrim's Pride kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (8.7% operating margin, against 4.8%).
- General Mills turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.8% FCF margin, against 3.5%).
- Pilgrim's Pride earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (20.1%, against 2.0%).
| Latest fiscal year | GIS · FY26 | PPC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $18.5B | $6.7B |
| Revenue | $18.4B | $18.5B |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $653M |
| Net income | −$87.6M | $1.1B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −5.5% | 3.5% |
| 5-year growth | 0.3% | 8.9% |
| Share count change | −3.6% | 0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 12.8% |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | −0.5% | 5.9% |
| FCF margin | 8.8% | 3.5% |
| Return on capital | 2.0% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity | −1.1% | 27.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $13.1B | $2.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.1x | 1.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.8B | $2.0B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 12.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 |
Revenue
FY17
GIS $15.6B
PPC $10.8B
FY18
GIS $15.7B
PPC $10.9B
FY19
GIS $16.9B
PPC $11.4B
FY20
GIS $17.6B
PPC $12.1B
FY21
GIS $18.1B
PPC $14.8B
FY22
GIS $19.0B
PPC $17.5B
FY23
GIS $20.1B
PPC $17.4B
FY24
GIS $19.9B
PPC $17.9B
FY25
GIS $19.5B
PPC $18.5B
FY26
GIS $18.4B
PPC —
GIS
PPC
Operating margin
FY17
GIS 16.0%
PPC 10.0%
FY18
GIS 15.4%
PPC 4.5%
FY19
GIS 14.9%
PPC 6.1%
FY20
GIS 16.8%
PPC 2.0%
FY21
GIS 17.4%
PPC 1.4%
FY22
GIS 18.3%
PPC 6.7%
FY23
GIS 17.1%
PPC 3.0%
FY24
GIS 17.3%
PPC 8.4%
FY25
GIS 17.0%
PPC 8.7%
FY26
GIS 4.8%
PPC —
GIS
PPC
Free cash flow
FY17
GIS $1.7B
PPC $461M
FY18
GIS $2.2B
PPC $143M
FY19
GIS $2.3B
PPC $318M
FY20
GIS $3.2B
PPC $369M
FY21
GIS $2.5B
PPC −$55.2M
FY22
GIS $2.7B
PPC $183M
FY23
GIS $2.1B
PPC $120M
FY24
GIS $2.5B
PPC $1.5B
FY25
GIS $2.3B
PPC $653M
FY26
GIS $1.6B
PPC —
GIS
PPC
Return on capital
FY17
GIS 13.5%
PPC 21.8%
FY18
GIS 13.3%
PPC 9.2%
FY19
GIS 9.6%
PPC 11.8%
FY20
GIS 11.6%
PPC 3.2%
FY21
GIS 11.9%
PPC 2.2%
FY22
GIS 13.3%
PPC 15.5%
FY23
GIS 12.7%
PPC 7.9%
FY24
GIS 12.5%
PPC 20.3%
FY25
GIS 11.5%
PPC 20.1%
FY26
GIS 2.0%
PPC —
GIS
PPC
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.