GIS Stock Analysis: General Mills | NYSE
Packaged Foods | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 18.375m USD | 12M Return: -26.6% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 355M
EPS Trend: -67.1%
Qual. Beats: -1
Rev. Trend: -91.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
Average return per month, with how dependable it is below — did the month move the same way every year (high) or randomly (low). Above 60 is a pattern worth trusting; under 40 is noise.
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: 2.21b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.48 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -20.67% < 20% (prev -13.34%; Δ -7.33% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 2.23b > Net Income 2.21b |
| Net Debt (13.6b) to EBITDA (3.19b): 4.26 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.56 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (542.5m) vs 12m ago -2.25% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 32.97% > 18% (prev 35.37%; Δ -2.39% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 56.43% > 50% (prev 60.06%; Δ -3.63% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.02 > 6 (EBIT TTM 2.64b / Interest Expense TTM 525.9m) |
| A: -0.12 (Total Current Assets 4.89b - Total Current Liabilities 8.69b) / Total Assets 32.4b |
| B: 0.70 (Retained Earnings 22.5b / Total Assets 32.4b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 2.64b / Avg Total Assets 32.6b) |
| D: 0.41 (Book Value of Equity 9.34b / Total Liabilities 23.0b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.47 = A |
| DSRI: 1.11 (Receivables 1.86b/1.79b, Revenue 18.4b/19.6b) |
| GMI: 1.07 (GM 35.37% / 32.97%) |
| AQI: 1.01 (AQ_t 0.74 / AQ_t-1 0.73) |
| SGI: 0.94 (Revenue 18.4b / 19.6b) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI 2.21b - CFO 2.23b) / TA 32.4b) |
| Beneish M = -2.91 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 01, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 36.38 with a total of 9,293,575 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +7.75%, over one month by +6.26%, over three months by -1.33% and over the past year by -26.55%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 34.90 (which is 4.1% or 1.6 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 | 37 | 1.7% |
P/E Trailing = 8.1588
P/E Forward = 10.3842
P/S = 1.0002
P/B = 1.9044
P/EG = 11.7371
Revenue TTM = 18.4b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.64b USD
EBITDA TTM = 3.19b USD
Long Term Debt = 11.0b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.98b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 14.4b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 418.1m
Net Debt = 13.6b USD (calculated: Debt 14.4b - CCE 785.5m)
Enterprise Value = 32.0b USD (18.4b + Debt 14.4b - CCE 785.5m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.02 (Ebit TTM 2.64b / Interest Expense TTM 525.9m)
EV/FCF = 19.38x (Enterprise Value 32.0b / FCF TTM 1.65b)
FCF Yield = 5.16% (FCF TTM 1.65b / Enterprise Value 32.0b)
FCF Margin = 8.98% (FCF TTM 1.65b / Revenue TTM 18.4b)
Net Margin = 12.05% (Net Income TTM 2.21b / Revenue TTM 18.4b)
Gross Margin = 32.97% ((Revenue TTM 18.4b - Cost of Revenue TTM 12.3b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 30.61% (prev 34.82%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.99 (Enterprise Value 32.0b / Total Assets 32.4b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.66% (Interest Expense 525.9m / Debt 14.4b)
Taxrate = 26.08% (784.7m / 3.01b)
NOPAT = 1.95b (EBIT 2.64b * (1 - 26.08%))
Current Ratio = 0.56 (Total Current Assets 4.89b / Total Current Liabilities 8.69b)
Debt / Equity = 1.54 (Debt 14.4b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 9.34b)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.26 (Net Debt 13.6b / EBITDA 3.19b)
Debt / FCF = 8.24 (Net Debt 13.6b / FCF TTM 1.65b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 9.34b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 6.80% (Net Income 2.21b / Total Assets 32.4b)
RoE = 23.70% (Net Income TTM 2.21b / Total Stockholder Equity 9.34b)
RoCE = 12.99% (EBIT 2.64b / Capital Employed (Equity 9.34b + L.T.Debt 11.0b))
RoIC = 7.54% (NOPAT 1.95b / Invested Capital 25.9b)
WACC = 4.19% (E(18.4b)/V(32.8b) * Re(5.36%) + D(14.4b)/V(32.8b) * Rd(3.66%) * (1-Tc(0.26)))
Discount Rate = 5.36% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -96.61 | Cagr: -3.18%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈1.98b ; Y1≈1.74b ; Y5≈1.40b
[DCF] Fair Price = 16.73 (EV 22.5b - Net Debt 13.6b = Equity 8.93b / Shares 533.7m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -67.08 | EPS CAGR: -7.11% | SUE: -1.54 | # QB: -1
Revenue Correlation: -91.49 | Revenue CAGR: -3.10% | SUE: 0.00 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-08-31): EPS=0.80 | Chg30d=-2.09% | Revisions=-67% | Analysts=12
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -67%