Consumer Defensive
General Mills, Inc.(GIS)
Live Price
Offline$33.42
+0.18% today
1Y Change
-34.06%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $18.73B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.9%
- EPS Growth
- -5.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 7.0%
Coverage: 247 bars Β· Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
General Mills, Inc. (GIS) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $18.73B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $33.42 and down 34.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.9%, EPS growth of -5.1%, a dividend yield of 7.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.9%, EPS -5.1%, free cash flow -9.3% with operating margin 19.1% and ROIC 9.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 7.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 8.6 and price/sales 1.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines GIS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.9% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+19.1% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
8.6 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 24, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.9% and EPS is at -5.1%, with operating margin around 19.1%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 7.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Ξ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Mar 18, 2026 | -12.1% | -0.2% | -3.8% | -6.0% |
2025 Dec 17, 2025 | +6.8% | +0.2% | -3.3% | -8.6% |
2025 Sep 17, 2025 | +5.1% | +1.4% | +3.9% | -2.9% |
Benchmark Edge
GIS vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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GIS Max Drawdown
-40.24%
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Company Overview
General Mills, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates in five segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores & Foodservice; Europe & Australia; Asia & Latin America; and Pet. It offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, bakery flour, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, snack bars, fruit and salty snacks, ice cream, nutrition bars, wellness beverages, and savory and grain snacks, as well as various organic products, including frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the North American foodservice and commercial baking industries; and manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Blue Basics, Blue Freedom, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, HΓ€agen-Dazs, Helpers, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, LΓ€rabar, Latina, LibertΓ©, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Oui, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, Yoki, and Yoplait trademarks. It sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. The company operates 466 leased and 392 franchise ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Leadership
- Jeffrey L. Harmening
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 34.0k
- Street Address
- Number One General Mills Boulevard
- Mailing
- Minneapolis, MN, 55426
- Region
- Minneapolis, MN, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 763 764 7600
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 8.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.5
- Price/Sales
- 1.0
- Price/Book
- 2.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.9%
- EPS
- -5.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- -9.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 33.0%
- Operating Margin
- 19.1%
- Net Margin
- 12.1%
- ROE
- 23.7%
- ROIC
- 9.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.49
- Current Ratio
- 0.56
Earnings Reports
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Official Releases
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Next Step
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