General Mills - GIS Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Mills in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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12 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for General Mills' stock. Their GIS share price forecasts range from $64.00 to $88.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $76.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%.
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General Mills' stock was trading at $67.38 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, GIS shares have increased by 17.5% and is now trading at $79.17.
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General Mills saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,190,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the August 15th total of 14,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,690,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 20th 2022.
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General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 21st. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.11. The firm earned $4.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.72 billion. General Mills had a net margin of 15.13% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.87%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.99 earnings per share.
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General Mills declared a dividend on Wednesday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.54 per share on Thursday, July 7th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 7th.
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General Mills (NYSE:GIS) pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.67%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 45.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GIS will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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General Mills updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.02-$4.14 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.00. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.89%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.86%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.80%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.77%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.75%). 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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One share of GIS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.17.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has a market capitalization of $46.99 billion and generates $18.99 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.71 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.75 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.