General Mills - GIS Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Mills in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 5 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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15 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for General Mills' shares. Their GIS share price forecasts range from $64.00 to $90.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $78.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.5%.
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General Mills' stock was trading at $67.38 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, GIS shares have increased by 26.8% and is now trading at $85.42.
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General Mills saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,010,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the October 31st total of 13,320,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,880,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.5% 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 Tuesday, December 20th 2022.
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General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 21st. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $4.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.72 billion. General Mills had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.87% and a net margin of 15.13%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS.
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General Mills declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.54 per share on Wednesday, February 1st. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 9th.
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General Mills (NYSE:GIS) pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.53%. 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 49.54% 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 Wednesday, October, 19th. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.70%), BlackRock Inc. (8.66%), State Street Corp (5.68%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.87%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.84%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.80%). 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 $85.42.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has a market capitalization of $50.70 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.