General Mills (GIS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) is a multinational consumer foods company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of branded food products. Its product categories include ready-to-eat and hot cereals, baking mixes and ingredients, snacks and bars, refrigerated and frozen doughs, yogurt and other dairy products, and a variety of shelf-stable meals and meal components. The company’s portfolio features widely recognized consumer brands across grocery store, mass channel and foodservice outlets.

Founded in the early 20th century and incorporated under its current name in 1928, General Mills has grown through both internal brand development and strategic expansion to become a global food company. Its brands — including household names in cereals, baking, snacks and refrigerated foods — are distributed broadly in the United States and sold in numerous countries around the world. The company operates manufacturing facilities, distribution networks and marketing operations to serve retail, e-commerce and foodservice customers internationally, with a particularly strong presence in North America.

General Mills’ business combines product innovation, marketing and supply-chain management to maintain and grow its brands. The company is managed by an executive leadership team and board of directors that direct corporate strategy, brand stewardship and operational execution; Jeffrey L. Harmening has served as chief executive in recent years. General Mills remains focused on meeting changing consumer preferences through new product development, channel diversification and ongoing investment in manufacturing and sustainability practices.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $33.33 to $33.87
• 50-Day Range: $32.98 to $39.40
• 52-Week Range: $32.64 to $55.19
• Volume: 6.60 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.42 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.99 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.24
• Dividend Yield: 7.24%
• Price Target: $42.44
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

General Mills Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

General Mills scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

General Mills has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.90, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 11 hold ratings, and 6 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

General Mills has a consensus price target of $42.44, representing about 25.9% upside from its current price of $33.71.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

General Mills has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -4.37%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for General Mills are expected to decrease by -4.37% in the coming year, from $3.43 to $3.28 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of General Mills is 8.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of General Mills is 8.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 25.72.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

General Mills has a P/B Ratio of 1.99. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.39% of the float of General Mills has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

General Mills has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.07.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in General Mills has recently decreased by 1.36%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

General Mills is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.24%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

General Mills has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of General Mills is 59.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, General Mills will have a dividend payout ratio of 74.39% next year. This indicates that General Mills will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.84

News Sentiment

General Mills has a news sentiment score of 0.84. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for General Mills this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

106 people have searched for GIS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 3% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

17 people have added General Mills to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 113% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, General Mills insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $618,528.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.30% of the stock of General Mills is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

75.71% of the stock of General Mills is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/18/2026
• Record date for 5/1 Dividend: 4/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/1 Dividend: 4/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/01/2026
• Today: 5/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2026
• 23rd annual dbAccess Global Consumer Conference: 6/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 6/24/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: FOOD - MISC/DIVERSIFIED
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GIS
• CIK: 40704
• Web: www.generalmills.com
• Phone: (763) 764-7600
• Fax: 763-764-8330
• Employees: 33,000
• Year Founded: 1928

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for General Mills: $42.44
• High Price Target: $57.00
• Low Price Target: $30.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.9%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.90
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.83
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $2.30 billion
• Net Margins: 12.05%
• Pretax Margin: 16.41%
• Return on Equity: 19.19%
• Return on Assets: 5.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.17
• Current Ratio: 0.56
• Quick Ratio: 0.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $19.49 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.92
• Cash Flow: $5.32 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.34
• Book Value: $16.98 per share
• Price / Book: 1.99

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 533,680,000
• Free Float: 532,080,000
• Market Cap: $17.99 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: -0.02