General Mills (GIS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Mills in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" GIS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GIS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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16 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for General Mills' shares. Their GIS share price forecasts range from $71.00 to $96.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $84.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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General Mills' stock was trading at $83.85 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GIS shares have increased by 0.4% and is now trading at $84.18.
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General Mills saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,590,000 shares, a decrease of 6.2% from the April 15th total of 12,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 5th 2023.
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General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, March, 23rd. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.06. The company earned $5.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.97 billion. General Mills had a net margin of 14.04% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.51%. The firm's revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.84 EPS.
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General Mills announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 30th. Investors of record on Monday, April 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.54 per share on Monday, May 1st. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 6th.
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General Mills (NYSE:GIS) pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.57%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 46.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GIS will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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General Mills issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.26-$4.30 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.19. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

372 employees have rated General Mills Chief Executive Officer Jeff Harmening on Glassdoor.com. Jeff Harmening has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Jeff Harmening in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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General Mills trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GIS."

General Mills' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.27%), State Street Corp (5.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.29%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.18%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Bethany C Quam, Dana M Mcnabb, Jacqueline Williams-Roll, Jeffrey L Harmening, Jodi J Benson, John R Church, Jonathon Nudi, Mark A Pallot, R Kerry Clark, Richard C Allendorf, Sean N Walker and Shawn P Ogrady.
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Shares of GIS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GIS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.18.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has a market capitalization of $49.44 billion and generates $18.99 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.71 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 32,500 workers across the globe.

General Mills' mailing address is NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BOULEVARD, MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55440. The official website for the company is www.generalmills.com. The company can be reached via phone at (763) 764-7600, via email at media.line@genmills.com, or via fax at 763-764-8330.