Contrasting Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) & General Mills (NYSE:GIS)

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares General Mills and Above Food Ingredients”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Mills	$19.49 billion	1.31	$2.30 billion	$4.65	10.30
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.20	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A

General Mills has higher revenue and earnings than Above Food Ingredients.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for General Mills and Above Food Ingredients, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Mills	3	13	5	0	2.10
Above Food Ingredients	0	0	0	0	0.00

General Mills presently has a consensus target price of $53.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.32%. Given General Mills’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe General Mills is more favorable than Above Food Ingredients.

Volatility & Risk

General Mills has a beta of -0.06, indicating that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Above Food Ingredients has a beta of -0.07, indicating that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares General Mills and Above Food Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Mills	13.51%	21.41%	6.12%
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

General Mills beats Above Food Ingredients on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About General Mills

General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates through four segments: North America Retail; International; Pet; and North America Foodservice. It offers grain, ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, bakery flour, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, snack bars, fruit and savory snacks, ice cream and frozen desserts, unbaked and fully baked frozen dough products, frozen hot snacks, ethnic meals, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast and entrees, nutrition bars, and frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. The company also manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food; and operates ice cream parlors. It markets its products under the Annie’s, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Dunkaroos, Edgard & Cooper, Fiber One, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto’s, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Nudges, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Tastefuls, Total, Totino’s , Trix, True Chews, True Solutions, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, and Yoki brands. The company sells its products to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores. General Mills, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

About Above Food Ingredients

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods. The Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients segment engages in the provisioning of discrete genetics, origination, purchasing, grading, processing, and sale of regeneratively grown grain; and origination, purchase, and sale of bespoke ingredients products. The Consumer Packaged Goods segment formulates, manufactures, sells, distributes, and markets proprietary consumer product formulations in owned brands; and focuses on manufacturing and distribution for private-labeled retail owned brands. Above Food Ingredients Inc. is based in Regina, Canada.