General Mills, Inc. (GIS)

US — Consumer Defensive Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol GIS
  • Rev/Share 35.5465
  • Book/Share 16.8026
  • PB 3.0607
  • Debt/Equity 1.6174
  • CurrentRatio 0.6714
  • ROIC 0.0834

 

  • MktCap 28124787360.0
  • FreeCF/Share 4.1826
  • PFCF 12.266
  • PE 14.0077
  • Debt/Assets 0.4499
  • DivYield 0.0586
  • ROE 0.2177

 

  • Rating A-
  • Score 4
  • Recommendation Buy
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 5
  • P/B Score 2
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Upgrade GIS RBC Capital Mkts Sector Perform Outperform -- $63 June 26, 2025
Downgrade GIS Goldman Buy Neutral -- $58 June 9, 2025
Initiation GIS UBS -- Sell -- $54 April 23, 2025
Initiation GIS Morgan Stanley -- Underweight -- $53 March 24, 2025
Reiterated GIS Jefferies -- Hold $58 $62 March 10, 2025
Reiterated GIS TD Cowen -- Hold $75 $64 Dec. 19, 2024
Upgrade GIS BofA Securities Neutral Buy $78 $80 Dec. 13, 2024

News

4 Upcoming Dividend Increases
DRI, FNLC, GIS, SCHD, WLY, WLYB
Published: July 03, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I track companies with consistent dividend growth, focusing on those with strong financial health and above-average yields versus the S&P 500. This week's highlighted stocks average a 3.1% dividend increase and a 12.5-year growth streak, but only Darden Restaurants stands out for performance. SCHD ETF remains my preferred broad dividend growth holding, outperforming most individual names except Darden over the past decade.

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Successful completion of Lactalis USA Acquisition of General Mills U.S. Yogurt Business
GIS
Published: June 30, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Transaction Includes Yoplait Brand, Two Manufacturing Facilities and Approximately 1,000 Employees Transaction Includes Yoplait Brand, Two Manufacturing Facilities and Approximately 1,000 Employees

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GIS Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Sales Decline on Volume Pressure
GIS
Published: June 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

General Mills beats fiscal fourth-quarter EPS estimates but posts lower sales, with weak volumes and mix weighing on margins and profits.

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General Mills: The Opportunity Cost Of Holding The Stock Is Too High
GIS
Published: June 26, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

General Mills continues to struggle with sales growth and declining EPS, underperforming the market despite its reputation for stability and dividends. Recent earnings confirm lackluster performance, with organic sales expected to remain flat and profit forecasted to drop further in FY2026. Valuation appears cheap on the surface, but poor growth prospects and high PEG ratio suggest the stock is overvalued and could fall further.

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Confirms the Cereal Squares are Eating Each Other
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cinnamon Toast Crunch has always embraced the absurd. But what's happening right now is more than just absurd — it's unheard of. In an unexpected turn of breakfast events, the crunchy, swirly Cinnadust-covered cereal squares are eating each other. Notorious for their rowdy, chomp-happy behavior, the squares are spiraling further out of control than ever before, and we're still uncovering how far it's gone.

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General Mills CEO: The consumer is still spending but uncertain, it makes for a volatile environment
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

Jeff Harmening, General Mills CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss consumer demand challenges, economic uncertainty and earnings.

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Markets Await New Home Sales Data
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Pre-market futures are fluctuating a bit at this hour, starting even with yesterday's close, then swelling nicely on the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Indexes are carrying these levels more or less straight across presently, with the Dow -12 points at this hour, the S&P 500 +7 points, the Nasdaq +84 points and the small-cap Russell 2000 +1 point.

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Pre-Markets Flattish Ahead of Late-Week Economic News
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Fed Chair Powell addresses the Senate today, and Micron reports earnings after today's closing bell.

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General Mills forecasts steeper profit decline as demand weakens
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Negative

General Mills Inc (NYSE:GIS, ETR:GRM) on Wednesday forecast a steeper-than-expected drop in full-year profit, citing weaker demand for snacks and refrigerated baked goods, along with rising costs and tariff pressures that are expected to weigh on margins. The Cheerios maker said it expects fiscal 2026 adjusted operating income to fall between 10% and 15%, a sharper decline than the 6.5% drop analysts polled by LSEG had estimated.

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General Mills (GIS) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for General Mills (GIS) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended May 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

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Cheerios parent General Mills will sacrifice some profit to drive sales, and the stock is dropping
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Market Watch
Sentiment: Negative

General Mills will look to keep prices low, with a focus on sales growth.

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General Mills (GIS) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

General Mills (GIS) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.74 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.71 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.01 per share a year ago.

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General Mills Stock Slips as Cereal Maker Sees Larger-Than-Expected Profit Drop
GIS
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Negative

General Mills (GIS) shares fell in premarket trading Wednesday after the cereal maker's fiscal 2025 fourth-quarter sales fell short of estimates and it projected a bigger-than-expected profit decline for the new fiscal year.

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General Mills Accelerates Growth With Blue Buffalo Expansion Into Fresh and Edgard & Cooper U.S. Launch
GIS
Published: June 23, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Mills today announced two new launches within its North America Pet segment with initiatives from Blue Buffalo and Edgard & Cooper, designed to meet evolving pet parent preferences and accelerate the company's growth in pet feeding. Blue Buffalo to launch “Love Made Fresh” Blue Buffalo — the most loved and trusted natural pet food brand in the U.S. — is entering fresh pet food with the national launch of “Love Made Fresh,” offering pet parents more ways.

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General Mills' Progresso Soup Drops Campaign Wins Gold and Silver Lions at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
GIS
Published: June 20, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

CANNES, France & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProgressoTM Soup Drops – the first ever “soup you can suck on” – continued to dominate the cold and flu conversation this week, earning a Gold Lion for PR and Silver Lion for Brand Experience & Activation at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. While most folks flock to the cough drop aisle at the first sign of a cold, this past January, Progresso said, “Hold my spoon!” and moved out of the soup aisle to offer the classic.

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General Mills Is A Mixed Bowl Of Income And Flat Sales
GIS
Published: June 20, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

General Mills offers a safe, attractive dividend and stability for defensive investors, but faces headwinds from declining sales and shifting consumer preferences. Recent financials show slumping sales and profits, but the pet food segment is a bright spot, with strong growth prospects from recent acquisitions. Compared to peers, General Mills stands out for its consistent dividend growth, manageable payout ratio, and management's commitment to shareholder returns.

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Stay Ahead of the Game With General Mills (GIS) Q4 Earnings: Wall Street's Insights on Key Metrics
GIS
Published: June 19, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for General Mills (GIS), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended May 2025.

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General Mills Q4 Earnings Coming Up: What Investors Need to Understand
GIS
Published: June 19, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

GIS braces for a tough Q4 as inflation, private label shifts and weak global demand weigh on earnings and sales.

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Earnings Preview: General Mills (GIS) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline
GIS
Published: June 18, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

General Mills (GIS) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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General Mills weighs sale of Häagen-Dazs stores in China: report
GIS
Published: June 11, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Neutral

General Mills Inc (NYSE:GIS, ETR:GRM) is considering the sale of its Häagen-Dazs ice cream stores in China, according to a report from Bloomberg News. The publication, citing sources with knowledge of the matter, said the Minneapolis-based company may seek several hundred million dollars for these assets.

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Secure Your Income: 3 Rock-Solid Dividend Stocks Yielding ~ 4%
GIS, KMB, PEP
Published: June 09, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I focus on four key criteria: long-term profit growth, high profitability, sustainable dividends, and attractive valuations for reliable passive income. Kimberly-Clark, General Mills, and PepsiCo all meet these standards, offering stable earnings, strong margins, and decades of uninterrupted, growing/stable dividends. Current pessimism has pushed their yields and valuations to attractive levels, providing a rare opportunity for both income and potential capital gains.

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Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in General Mills Stock?
GIS
Published: June 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Investors need to pay close attention to GIS stock based on the movements in the options market lately.

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General Mills, Inc. (GIS) Presents at dbAccess Global Consumer Conference Transcript
GIS
Published: June 05, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS ) dbAccess Global Consumer Conference Call Transcript June 5, 2025 4:00 AM ET Company Participants Jeffrey L. Harmening - Chairman & CEO Conference Call Participants Stephen Robert R.

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General Mills and Lactalis Receive Regulatory Clearance for U.S. Yogurt Transaction
GIS
Published: June 02, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) and Lactalis today announced that the regulatory review for the sale of General Mills' U.S. Yogurt business to Lactalis is complete, and the transaction is cleared to close subject to completion of other customary closing conditions. The companies are targeting to complete the transaction in late June 2025. About General Mills General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build i.

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Best Natural and Organic Food Stocks to Keep an Eye On in 2025
BYND, GIS, SFM, UNFI
Published: May 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Sprouts Farmers, United Natural, Beyond Meat and General Mills are betting big on organic, clean-label foods and redefining what's healthy on store shelves.

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General Mills to Webcast Remarks at dbAccess Global Consumer Conference on June 5, 2025
GIS
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Harmening will be a featured speaker at the dbAccess Global Consumer Conference 2025 on June 5, 2025. A webcast of the live fireside chat is scheduled to begin at 3 a.m. CT, and a replay of the event will be available at www.generalmills.com/investors. # # # About General Mills General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly.

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General Mills: A Defensive Stock With Strong Yield And Strong Upside Potential
GIS
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

General Mills offers a safe haven in volatile markets, with stable profits, high margins, and a strong dividend track record supporting its Attractive rating. The company's leading brands are well-positioned in growing markets, driving steady profit growth and consistent market share gains despite industry headwinds. GIS generates robust free cash flow, enabling reliable dividends and share repurchases, with a potential combined yield exceeding 8%.

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Top Fund Managers Are Buying These 3 Cheap Stocks
ADBE, GIS, STZ
Published: May 20, 2025 by: Morningstar
Sentiment: Positive

Buffett expects to own some stocks indefinitely—and one of those stocks looks cheap today.

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General Mills: Defensive Play With 8%+ Yield & Strong Upside Potential
GIS
Published: May 16, 2025 by: Forbes
Sentiment: Positive

A few up days does not mean volatility won't return. In fact, I think most investors expect more market turbulence in the future, not less.

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Mondelez vs. General Mills: Better Defensive Dividend Stock to Buy for Passive Income?
GIS, MDLZ
Published: May 09, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Mondelez and General Mills are fantastic high-yield consumer staple stocks to shelter from tariffs.

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About General Mills, Inc. (GIS)

  • IPO Date 1980-03-17
  • Website https://www.generalmills.com
  • Industry Packaged Foods
  • CEO Jeffrey L. Harmening
  • Employees 34000

General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates in five segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores & Foodservice; Europe & Australia; Asia & Latin America; and Pet. It offers 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 salty snacks, ice cream, nutrition bars, wellness beverages, and savory and grain snacks, as well as various organic products, including frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the North American foodservice and commercial baking industries; and manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Blue Basics, Blue Freedom, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Oui, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, Yoki, and Yoplait trademarks. It sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. The company operates 466 leased and 392 franchise ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.