GIS Stock Analysis: General Mills | NYSE
Packaged Foods | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 19.133m USD | 12M Return: -24% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 381M
EPS Trend: -79.6%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: -95.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) is a large-cap U.S. packaged foods company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and founded in 1866. It operates through four reporting segments: North America Retail, International, North America Pet, and North America Foodservice, selling branded consumer food products both domestically and abroad.
The companys product range spans cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soups, meal kits, baking mixes, frozen pizza, snacks, ice cream, ethnic meals, and frozen entrées, alongside pet food for dogs and cats. It markets these products under a deep portfolio of owned brands, including Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Progresso, Nature Valley, and Blue Buffalo, and also runs ice cream parlor operations.
Distribution channels span grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership and natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount retailers, e-commerce platforms, foodservice distributors, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty retailers. Within the Consumer Staples sector, GIS sits in the Packaged Foods & Meats sub-industry, a category typically characterized by stable demand and pricing power tied to brand equity rather than volume growth.
- Blue Buffalo drives North America Pet segment double-digit growth
- Strong dollar weighs on International segment organic sales
- Input cost inflation pressures packaged food gross margins
| Net Income: -87.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.52 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -11.70% < 20% (prev -13.25%; Δ 1.55% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 2.17b > Net Income -87.6m |
| Net Debt (13.5b) to EBITDA (3.21b): 4.20 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.68 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (536.9m) vs 12m ago -2.45% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 33.44% > 18% (prev 34.55%; Δ -1.11% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 58.41% > 50% (prev 58.92%; Δ -0.51% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.94 > 6 (EBIT TTM 2.66b / Interest Expense TTM 537.7m) |
| A: -0.07 (Total Current Assets 4.62b - Total Current Liabilities 6.77b) / Total Assets 30.0b |
| B: 0.68 (Retained Earnings 20.5b / Total Assets 30.0b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 2.66b / Avg Total Assets 31.5b) |
| D: 0.33 (Book Value of Equity 7.37b / Total Liabilities 22.6b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.66 = A |
| DSRI: 0.90 (Receivables 1.65b/1.94b, Revenue 18.4b/19.5b) |
| GMI: 1.03 (GM 34.55% / 33.44%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.73 / AQ_t-1 0.72) |
| SGI: 0.95 (Revenue 18.4b / 19.5b) |
| TATA: -0.08 (NI -87.6m - CFO 2.17b) / TA 30.0b) |
| Beneish M = -3.12 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 15, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 36.46 with a total of 9,744,864 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.02%, over one month by +8.23%, over three months by +6.89% and over the past year by -24.02%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 34.50 (which is 5.4% or 1.7 ATR below the current price).
General Mills has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.09. Therefore, it is recommended to hold GIS.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 17
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 2
| Analysts Target Price | 38.1 | 4.5% |
P/E Forward = 11.7786
P/S = 1.0385
P/B = 2.6315
P/EG = 11.7371
Revenue TTM = 18.4b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.66b USD
EBITDA TTM = 3.21b USD
Long Term Debt = 12.4b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 1.12b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 13.9b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 402.4m
Net Debt = 13.5b USD (calculated: Debt 13.9b - CCE 453.8m)
Enterprise Value = 32.6b USD (19.1b + Debt 13.9b - CCE 453.8m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 4.94 (Ebit TTM 2.66b / Interest Expense TTM 537.7m)
EV/FCF = 20.06x (Enterprise Value 32.6b / FCF TTM 1.63b)
FCF Yield = 4.99% (FCF TTM 1.63b / Enterprise Value 32.6b)
FCF Margin = 8.83% (FCF TTM 1.63b / Revenue TTM 18.4b)
Net Margin = -0.48% (Net Income TTM -87.6m / Revenue TTM 18.4b)
Gross Margin = 33.44% ((Revenue TTM 18.4b - Cost of Revenue TTM 12.3b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 34.23% (prev 30.61%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.09 (Enterprise Value 32.6b / Total Assets 30.0b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.86% (Interest Expense 537.7m / Debt 13.9b)
Taxrate = 21.0% (US federal default 21%)
NOPAT = 2.10b (EBIT 2.66b * (1 - 21.00%))
Current Ratio = 0.68 (Total Current Assets 4.62b / Total Current Liabilities 6.77b)
Debt / Equity = 1.89 (Debt 13.9b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 7.37b)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.20 (Net Debt 13.5b / EBITDA 3.21b)
Debt / FCF = 8.29 (Net Debt 13.5b / FCF TTM 1.63b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.88b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -0.28% (Net Income -87.6m / Total Assets 30.0b)
RoE = -0.99% (Net Income TTM -87.6m / Total Stockholder Equity 8.88b)
RoCE = 12.47% (EBIT 2.66b / Capital Employed (Equity 8.88b + L.T.Debt 12.4b))
RoIC = 8.77% (NOPAT 2.10b / Invested Capital 23.9b)
WACC = 4.50% (E(19.1b)/V(33.1b) * Re(5.56%) + D(13.9b)/V(33.1b) * Rd(3.86%) * (1-Tc(0.21)))
Discount Rate = 5.56% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -98.37 | Cagr: -2.84%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈1.89b ; Y1≈1.66b ; Y5≈1.34b
[DCF] Fair Price = 15.07 (EV 21.5b - Net Debt 13.5b = Equity 8.04b / Shares 533.7m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -79.59 | EPS CAGR: -9.35% | SUE: 1.75 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: -95.51 | Revenue CAGR: -3.64% | SUE: 0.00 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-08-31): EPS=0.78 | Chg30d=-3.02% | Revisions=-73% | Analysts=7
EPS next Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=0.99 | Chg30d=-5.07% | Revisions=-73% | Analysts=17
EPS current Year (2027-05-31): EPS=3.10 | Chg30d=-3.91% | Revisions=-80% | GrowthEPS=-12.5% | GrowthRev=-2.4%
EPS next Year (2028-05-31): EPS=3.23 | Chg30d=-0.71% | Revisions=-73% | GrowthEPS=-9.0% | GrowthRev=+0.8%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -92% (up=0, down=36)