GIS Stock Analysis: General Mills | NYSE
Packaged Foods | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 17.714m USD | 12M Return: -26.8% | US3703341046 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 362M
EPS Trend: -89.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -96.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) is a major U.S.-based packaged food manufacturer that operates through four segments: North America Retail, International, North America Pet, and North America Foodservice. Its product portfolio spans snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, convenient meals, refrigerated and frozen dough, baking mixes, ice cream, and pet food for both dogs and cats. The company sells its brands-including Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Progresso, and Blue Buffalo-through grocery stores, mass merchandisers, e-commerce channels, foodservice operators, and pet specialty retailers, while also operating and franchising ice cream parlors. Founded in 1866 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, General Mills has been publicly traded since 1983 and is classified within the Consumer Staples sector, a category characterized by relatively stable demand driven by essential everyday household purchases.
- Blue Buffalo pet food drives North America Pet segment growth
- Commodity input costs pressure packaged food operating margins
- International segment faces currency headwinds and volume softness
| Net Income: -894.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.24 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -11.24% < 20% (prev -14.20%; Δ 2.96% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 2.07b > Net Income -894.8m |
| Net Debt (13.6b) to EBITDA (3.34b): 4.07 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.70 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (537.9m) vs 12m ago -0.85% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 33.61% > 18% (prev 34.33%; Δ -0.72% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 57.82% > 50% (prev 58.02%; Δ -0.20% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 5.08 > 6 (EBIT TTM 2.78b / Interest Expense TTM 548.0m) |
| A: -0.07 (Total Current Assets 4.88b - Total Current Liabilities 6.94b) / Total Assets 30.3b |
| B: 0.68 (Retained Earnings 20.6b / Total Assets 30.3b) |
| C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 2.78b / Avg Total Assets 31.6b) |
| D: 0.33 (Book Value of Equity 7.45b / Total Liabilities 22.8b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.70 = A |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 1.78b/1.80b, Revenue 18.3b/19.2b) |
| GMI: 1.02 (GM 34.33% / 33.61%) |
| AQI: 0.99 (AQ_t 0.73 / AQ_t-1 0.73) |
| SGI: 0.96 (Revenue 18.3b / 19.2b) |
| TATA: -0.10 (NI -894.8m - CFO 2.07b) / TA 30.3b) |
| Beneish M = -3.03 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of October 21, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 33.43 with a total of 6,819,007 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.03%, over one month by -3.80%, over three months by -9.35% and over the past year by -26.78%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 30.70 (which is 8.2% or 2.8 ATR below the current price).
General Mills has received a consensus analysts rating of 2.95. Therefore, it is recommended to hold GIS.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 12
- Sell: 2
- StrongSell: 2
| Analysts Target Price | 37 | 10.7% |
P/E Forward = 11.5473
P/S = 0.9682
P/B = 2.5721
P/EG = 17.2329
Revenue TTM = 18.3b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.78b USD
EBITDA TTM = 3.34b USD
Long Term Debt = 12.4b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 1.25b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 14.0b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 402.4m
Net Debt = 13.6b USD (calculated: Debt 14.0b - CCE 433.1m)
Enterprise Value = 31.3b USD (17.7b + Debt 14.0b - CCE 433.1m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 5.08 (Ebit TTM 2.78b / Interest Expense TTM 548.0m)
EV/FCF = 20.24x (Enterprise Value 31.3b / FCF TTM 1.55b)
FCF Yield = 4.94% (FCF TTM 1.55b / Enterprise Value 31.3b)
FCF Margin = 8.45% (FCF TTM 1.55b / Revenue TTM 18.3b)
Net Margin = -4.89% (Net Income TTM -894.8m / Revenue TTM 18.3b)
Gross Margin = 33.61% ((Revenue TTM 18.3b - Cost of Revenue TTM 12.1b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 33.88% (prev 34.79%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.03 (Enterprise Value 31.3b / Total Assets 30.3b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.91% (Interest Expense 548.0m / Debt 14.0b)
Taxrate = 23.57% (122.8m / 520.9m)
NOPAT = 2.13b (EBIT 2.78b * (1 - 23.57%))
Current Ratio = 0.70 (Total Current Assets 4.88b / Total Current Liabilities 6.94b)
Debt / Equity = 1.88 (Debt 14.0b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 7.45b)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.07 (Net Debt 13.6b / EBITDA 3.34b)
Debt / FCF = 8.79 (Net Debt 13.6b / FCF TTM 1.55b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.37b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = -2.83% (Net Income -894.8m / Total Assets 30.3b)
RoE = -10.69% (Net Income TTM -894.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 8.37b)
RoCE = 13.39% (EBIT 2.78b / Capital Employed (Equity 8.37b + L.T.Debt 12.4b))
RoIC = 8.81% (NOPAT 2.13b / Invested Capital 24.1b)
WACC = 4.09% (E(17.7b)/V(31.7b) * Re(4.96%) + D(14.0b)/V(31.7b) * Rd(3.91%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 4.96% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -90.77 | Cagr: -2.57%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈1.77b ; Y1≈1.55b ; Y5≈1.25b
[DCF] Fair Price = 12.16 (EV 20.1b - Net Debt 13.6b = Equity 6.50b / Shares 534.7m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -89.58 | EPS CAGR: -11.56% | SUE: 0.37 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -96.63 | Revenue CAGR: -3.89% | SUE: 0.01 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-11-30): EPS=0.95 | Chg30d=-4.03% | Revisions=-80% | Analysts=17
EPS next Quarter (2027-02-28): EPS=0.69 | Chg30d=+6.23% | Revisions=+64% | Analysts=16
EPS current Year (2027-05-31): EPS=3.08 | Chg30d=+0.15% | Revisions=+12% | GrowthEPS=-13.3% | GrowthRev=-4.0%
EPS next Year (2028-05-31): EPS=3.15 | Chg30d=-1.77% | Revisions=-53% | GrowthEPS=+2.4% | GrowthRev=+0.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -17% (up=20, down=29)