Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$36.01
+1.72% today
1Y Change
-35.50%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 244 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → 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 $36.01 and down 35.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
GIS is 56.36 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
GIS had 31.10 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
GIS beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
GIS
-35.50%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.86%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-56.36 pts
Relative to SPY
GIS Max Drawdown
-40.24%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for GIS and SPY.
| Year | GIS | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -26.90% | +6.71% | -33.61 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -9.92% | +11.19% | -21.11 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
6.95%
Trailing 12M Payout
$2.44
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Jan 9, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.61 | Quarterly |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Jan 10, 2025 | Feb 3, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | Aug 1, 2024 | $0.60 | $0.60 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 10, 2024 | May 1, 2024 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Jan 10, 2024 | Feb 1, 2024 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Aug 1, 2023 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Jan 9, 2023 | Jan 10, 2023 | Feb 1, 2023 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Oct 10, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 | $0.54 | $0.54 | Quarterly |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Apr 8, 2022 | May 2, 2022 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 1, 2022 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Oct 7, 2021 | Oct 8, 2021 | Nov 1, 2021 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Jul 9, 2021 | Aug 2, 2021 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2021 | Apr 9, 2021 | May 3, 2021 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 8, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 9, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | $0.51 | $0.51 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2020 | Jul 10, 2020 | Aug 3, 2020 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Jan 9, 2020 | Jan 10, 2020 | Feb 3, 2020 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Oct 9, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 | Aug 1, 2019 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2019 | Apr 10, 2019 | May 1, 2019 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Jan 9, 2019 | Jan 10, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 10, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2018 | Jul 10, 2018 | Aug 1, 2018 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2018 | Apr 10, 2018 | May 1, 2018 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Jan 9, 2018 | Jan 10, 2018 | Feb 1, 2018 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 1, 2017 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Jul 6, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Aug 1, 2017 | $0.49 | $0.49 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Jan 6, 2017 | Jan 10, 2017 | Feb 1, 2017 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Oct 5, 2016 | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 1, 2016 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Jul 11, 2016 | Aug 1, 2016 | $0.48 | $0.48 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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