Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT) versus General Mills (NYSE:GIS) Head to Head Comparison
by Kim Johansen · The Markets DailyGeneral Mills (NYSE:GIS – Get Free Report) and Australian Oilseeds (NASDAQ:COOT – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Profitability
This table compares General Mills and Australian Oilseeds’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| General Mills | -4.89% | 21.86% | 5.85% |
| Australian Oilseeds | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for General Mills and Australian Oilseeds, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| General Mills | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1.90 |
| Australian Oilseeds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
General Mills presently has a consensus price target of $36.59, suggesting a potential upside of 6.40%. Given General Mills’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe General Mills is more favorable than Australian Oilseeds.
Risk & Volatility
General Mills has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Australian Oilseeds has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares General Mills and Australian Oilseeds”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| General Mills | $18.42 billion | 1.00 | -$87.60 million | ($1.66) | -20.72 |
| Australian Oilseeds | $27.01 million | 0.39 | -$840,000.00 | ($0.04) | -9.50 |
Australian Oilseeds has lower revenue, but higher earnings than General Mills. General Mills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Australian Oilseeds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
75.7% of General Mills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of General Mills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.1% of Australian Oilseeds shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
General Mills beats Australian Oilseeds on 8 of the 14 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 Australian Oilseeds
Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale oil seeds through its subsidiaries. It focuses on acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction, and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all the assets of, entering contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on December 29, 2022 and is headquartered in Cootamundra, Australia.