BRID vs UTZ vs GIS Stock Comparison

Bridgford Foods, Utz Brands and General Mills Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BRID Bridgford Foods Corp
$5.46 -5.9% 1M -34.1% 1Y
Market cap
$48.56M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$228.22M
Div. yield
–
Snacks and Confectionery Consumer Staples
2 wins
UTZ Utz Brands, Inc.
$14.33 +0.6% 1M +16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$1.27B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.45B
Div. yield
–
Snacks and Confectionery Consumer Staples
5 wins
GIS General Mills Inc
$33.47 -0.5% 1M -30.7% 1Y
Market cap
$17.77B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$18.30B
Div. yield
0.07%
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Utz Brands leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Utz Brands 5, General Mills 3, Bridgford Foods 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBRIDUTZGISLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $48.56M $1.27B $17.77B GIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.3x -43.7x -19.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 19.1x 10.5x GIS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.4% +2.0% -4.5% UTZ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.4% -2.0% -4.9% UTZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -13.3% 0.4% -1.0% UTZ
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.6x 8.0x 37.7x BRID
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.07% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -34.1% +16.9% -30.7% UTZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.8%/yr -1.8%/yr -11.6%/yr UTZ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.1% 77.1% 30.2% GIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 37/100 32/100 BRID

Percentile Scorecard

BRIDUTZGIS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBRIDUTZGIS
Valuation 47 #24 of 44 33 #30 of 44 40 #27 of 44
Growth 8 #37 of 40 59 #17 of 40 3 #39 of 40
Profitability 22 #30 of 38 32 #26 of 38 43 #22 of 38
Financial Health 80 #10 of 46 47 #25 of 46 18 #38 of 46
Shareholder Returns – 14 #26 of 30 55 #14 of 30
Overall 39 37 32
  • BRID ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods
  • UTZ ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods
  • GIS ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBRIDUTZGISSPY
1 month -5.9%+0.6%-0.5% -0.2%
3 months -15.7%+1.7%-11.1% +3.9%
6 months -26.2%+78.9%-3.7% +8.2%
Year to date -30.0%+38.1%-28.0% +12.9%
1 year -34.1%+16.9%-30.7% +12.3%
3 years -47.3%+16.8%-48.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year -19.2%+5.3%-20.0% +23.3%
5 years -55.1%-8.8%-46.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -14.8%-1.8%-11.6% +10.9%
10 years -53.2%—-44.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year -7.3%—-5.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBRIDUTZGISSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.1%77.1%30.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.1%51.7%30.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.050.64-0.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.870.22-1.02 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.4%-65.2%-65.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.8%0.0%-31.7% -1.2%
52-week high $8.50$14.33$49.01 $779.14
52-week low $5.34$6.80$31.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBRIDUTZGIS
P/E now vs peer median -3.4xmedian 22.3x -43.7xmedian 22.3x -20.1xmedian 22.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.7x 1.4xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -4.2xmedian 12.3x 28.8xmedian 12.3x 88.8xmedian 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -8.3xmedian 13.8x 40.4xmedian 13.8x 11.6xmedian 13.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.5x 1.6xmedian 1.5x 2.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 0.57 -2.97median 0.57 0.59median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBRIDUTZGIS
Revenue $228.22M $1.45B $18.30B
Gross profit $42.99M $368.70M $6.15B
Operating income -$20.09M $9.70M -$206.40M
Net income -$14.52M -$41.90M -$893.70M
Free cash flow -$6.00M $51.10M $1.55B
EPS (diluted) $-1.60 $-0.33 $-1.66
Cash & equivalents $333.00K $58.60M $433.10M
Total debt $17.34M $844.80M $55.73B
Shares (diluted) 9.08M 88.51M 537.90M
Enterprise value $41.71M $956.63M $15.41B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBRIDUTZGIS
P/E -3.4x -43.7x -20.1x
P/FCF -8.3x 40.4x 11.6x
P/Operating cash flow -12.1x 17.8x 8.7x
P/S 0.2x 1.4x 1.0x
P/B 0.5x 1.6x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 5.6x 23.7x
EV/EBITDA -4.2x 28.8x 88.8x
EV/EBIT -2.9x 293.6x -150.6x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 2.0x 1.7x
EV/FCF -9.7x 55.7x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -14.1x 24.6x 15.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 -2.97 0.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBRIDUTZGIS
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.4% 2.0% -4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.5% -3.3% -3.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -18.8% 1.5% -6.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -14.9% -9.4% -3.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -107.0% -75.0% -104.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -89.7% 30.5% -27.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -100.0% -360.2% -130.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -74.2% 13.1% -33.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -100.0% -258.7% -130.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -74.6% 14.7% -33.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 55.8% 12.8% -23.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.3% 218.1% -9.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 52.1% 312.9% -26.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.2% 35.5% -8.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBRIDUTZGIS
Gross margin 18.8% 25.4% 33.6%
EBITDA margin -6.1% 6.8% 1.9%
Operating margin -8.8% 0.7% -1.1%
Pretax margin -8.4% -2.1% -3.8%
Net margin -6.4% -2.0% -4.9%
FCF margin -2.6% 3.5% 8.5%
Operating cash flow margin -1.8% 8.0% 11.3%
Return on equity -13.4% -3.2% -12.0%
Return on assets -10.1% -1.5% -3.0%
Return on invested capital -13.3% 0.4% -1.0%
Return on capital employed -17.0% 0.4% -0.9%
Asset turnover 1.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.3x -2.8x -2.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBRIDUTZGIS
Debt / assets 6.2% 30.4% 45.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.6x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.6x 8.0x 37.7x
Debt / FCF -1.5x 16.5x 8.8x
Liabilities / assets 23.6% 52.7% 75.3%
Equity / assets 76.4% 47.3% 24.7%
Interest coverage – 0.2x –
Current ratio 2.4x 1.1x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.32 1.21 1.92

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBRIDUTZGIS
Dividend yield – 1.7% 7.3%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.7% 7.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -147.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 85.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBRIDUTZGIS
Forward P/E – 19.1xFY2026 10.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $0.75FY2026 $3.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -8.5%FY2026 -10.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.3% -4.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $1.45BFY2026 $18.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +0.8%FY2026 +2.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -1.6% -11.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBRIDUTZGIS
Held by institutions 5.3% 52.6% 87.2%
Institutions holding 17 233 1,331
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.1% +1.4% +3.7%
Institutions buying 6 141 724
Institutions selling 3 57 427
Buyers to sellers 2.00 2.47 1.70

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BRIDUTZGIS
BRID 1.00 0.10 0.02
UTZ 0.10 1.00 0.12
GIS 0.02 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BRID, UTZ and GIS?

General Mills (GIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bridgford Foods (BRID) $48.56M, Utz Brands (UTZ) $1.27B, General Mills (GIS) $17.77B.

Which company is growing faster?

Utz Brands (UTZ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bridgford Foods (BRID) +0.4%, Utz Brands (UTZ) +2.0%, General Mills (GIS) -4.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Utz Brands (UTZ) has the highest net margin (Bridgford Foods (BRID) -6.4%, Utz Brands (UTZ) -2.0%, General Mills (GIS) -4.9%). On return on invested capital, Utz Brands (UTZ) leads (Bridgford Foods (BRID) -13.3%, Utz Brands (UTZ) 0.4%, General Mills (GIS) -1.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Utz Brands (UTZ) returned the most: Bridgford Foods (BRID) -34.1%, Utz Brands (UTZ) +16.9%, General Mills (GIS) -30.7%. Over five years, Utz Brands (UTZ) compounded fastest (Bridgford Foods (BRID) -14.8%/yr, Utz Brands (UTZ) -1.8%/yr, General Mills (GIS) -11.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Bridgford Foods (BRID) 0.00%, Utz Brands (UTZ) 0.00%, General Mills (GIS) 0.07%. Bridgford Foods (BRID) and Utz Brands (UTZ) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, General Mills (GIS) has been the steadiest (Bridgford Foods (BRID) 39.1%, Utz Brands (UTZ) 77.1%, General Mills (GIS) 30.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BRID, UTZ and GIS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Utz Brands (UTZ) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.