Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
General Mills, Inc. GIS
$32.01 +1.07% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $17.08B
Next earnings report: Dec 23, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.66, down 131.4% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 14.2% from 21.9% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 4.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 24%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 29%
- Gross marginBottom 49%
- Operating marginTop 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Interest coverBottom 48%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 32%
- 6-month returnBottom 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 11%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 23%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.4% | -4.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -104.4% | -131.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 33.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 21.9% | 14.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 10.9% | 8.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.5% | -5.4% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -131.4% | -104.4% | ↓ | Bottom 12% |
| Gross margin | 33.4% | 34.3% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 21.9% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 15.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.5% | 10.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.6% | — | Top 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.9% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 7.70%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.70%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 30, 2026 (filed Sep 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $36.00
- Target vs current price
- +12.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 36
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 22%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | +4.6% | +1.0% | -4.6% | — | — |
| Jul 1, 2026 | +19.2% | +8.5% | +4.4% | +9.0% | +0.1% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | -12.1% | -3.0% | -5.0% | -11.0% | -12.7% |
| Dec 17, 2025 | +6.8% | +3.4% | -0.8% | -3.0% | -17.1% |
| Sep 17, 2025 | +5.1% | -0.8% | +2.0% | -2.0% | -7.8% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | +4.4% | -5.1% | -0.4% | -4.0% | -6.7% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | +4.4% | -2.1% | -4.4% | -4.3% | -9.4% |
| Dec 18, 2024 | +14.8% | -3.1% | -3.3% | -9.6% | -8.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $0.75 | $0.72 | +4.6% | $4.39B |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.95 | $0.80 | +19.2% | $4.61B |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.73 | -12.1% | $4.44B |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $1.10 | $1.03 | +6.8% | $4.86B |
| Sep 17, 2025 | $0.86 | $0.82 | +5.1% | $4.52B |
| Jun 25, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.71 | +4.4% | $4.56B |
| Mar 19, 2025 | $1.00 | $0.96 | +4.4% | $4.84B |
| Dec 18, 2024 | $1.40 | $1.22 | +14.8% | $5.24B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 10.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.0× | — | — | Top 31% |
| EV / Sales | 1.65× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.05% | — | — | Top 29% |
| Earnings yield | -5.19% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.2× – 18.0× since Aug 29, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -36.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -131.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -29.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.5%
- RSI (14)
- 26.5
- Relative volume
- 1.27×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 32.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 96th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.04
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2023 | Oct 1, 2026 | -65.0% | 849 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Feb 15, 2023 | -14.2% | 46 days | 44 days (Apr 20, 2023) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Jan 12, 2021 | -13.3% | 62 days | 68 days (Apr 21, 2021) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Sep 7, 2021 | -11.3% | 65 days | 62 days (Dec 3, 2021) |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Mar 11, 2022 | -10.9% | 38 days | 20 days (Apr 8, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $17.08B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.66
- Revenue (TTM)
- $18.30B
- Dividend yield
- 9.53%
- 52-week range
- $31.18 – $51.26
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.99B | $20.09B | $19.86B | $19.49B | $18.42B |
| Gross profit | $6.40B | $6.55B | $6.93B | $6.73B | $6.17B |
| Operating income | $3.48B | $3.43B | $3.43B | $3.30B | $2.78B |
| Net income | $2.71B | $2.59B | $2.50B | $2.30B | -$87.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.42 | $4.31 | $4.31 | $4.10 | -$0.16 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.24B | $4.84B | $4.56B | $4.52B | $4.86B | $4.44B | $4.61B | $4.39B |
| Net income | $795.7M | $625.6M | $294.0M | $1.20B | $413.0M | $303.1M | -$2.01B | $397.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.42 | $1.12 | $0.52 | $2.22 | $0.78 | $0.56 | -$3.74 | $0.74 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.32B | $2.78B | $3.30B | $2.92B | $2.17B |
| Capital expenditure | -$568.7M | -$689.5M | -$774.1M | -$625.3M | -$539.9M |
| Free cash flow | $2.75B | $2.09B | $2.53B | $2.29B | $1.63B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.24B | -$1.29B | -$1.36B | -$1.34B | -$1.32B |
| Net share buybacks | -$876.8M | -$1.40B | -$2.00B | -$1.20B | -$499.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $433.1M
- Total assets
- $30.27B
- Total liabilities
- $22.83B
- Total debt
- $13.61B
- Net debt
- $13.18B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $7.45B
As of Aug 30, 2026 (filed Sep 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.61 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $0.61 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | $0.61 | May 1, 2026 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | $0.61 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | $0.61 | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.61 | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | $0.60 | May 1, 2025 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.60 | Feb 3, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 44,831,933
- Days to cover
- 4.76
- Change vs previous report
- -2.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 9, 2010
- 2-for-1
- Nov 9, 1999
- 2-for-1
- May 30, 1995
- 2,000-for-1,653
- Nov 8, 1990
- 2-for-1
- Nov 10, 1986
- 2-for-1