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General MillsGIS

Packaged Foods & Meats · Golden Valley, Minnesota · In the S&P 500
Cheaper than peers
$34.29+2.91%After hours: $34.33 (+0.12%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 26.4% over 1 year
General Mills over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$40$45Nov2026MarMayJulSep$34.29$40NovMarJul$34.29
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$18.33B
Price to earnings–
Forward P/E11.1x
Dividend yield7.12%
Year to date−26.3%
One year−26.4%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$31.67$49.01

Quality and valuation

How General Mills compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

General Mills and 7 packaged foods & meats peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: cheaper than most

A weaker business than most consumer staples companies, priced below most of them.

General Mills trades at 11.1 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: −4.5% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 33.6% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): −1.1% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 8.5% vs 10.3%
GIS trades at 11.1x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Packaged Foods & Meats peers
GIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6xGIS11.1xKHC12.3xSJM12.8xHRL13.9xMKC15.5xTSN16.8xHSY18.4xMDLZ20.2xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From General Mills's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Aug 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue fell 2.8% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q1 ’27
$0bn$2bn$4bnQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$4.4bnQ1 ’27$0bn$2bn$4bnQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$4.4bnQ1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to −2.8% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−5%0%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26−2.8%Q1 ’27−5%0%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26−2.8%Q1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 14.4% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
−25%0%25%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’2614.4%Q1 ’270%Q2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’2614.4%Q1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.5 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$250m$500m$750mQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$207mQ1 ’27$0m$500mQ2 ’25Q4 ’25Q2 ’26$207mQ1 ’27
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsGISSector median
Revenue growth−4.5%+4.9%
Gross margin33.6%40.5%
Operating margin−1.1%13.6%
Free cash flow margin8.5%10.3%

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CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
MDLZMondelez International$64.94+3.85%+20.6%$82.88B
HSYHershey$165.61+3.33%−9.0%$33.27B
KHCKraft Heinz$24.34+1.84%+0.4%$28.86B
TSNTyson Foods$57.04+1.40%−2.7%$20.07B
SJMJ.M. Smucker$129.90+2.88%+32.8%$13.88B
MKCMcCormick &$47.29+1.05%−30.6%$12.72B
HRLHormel Foods$21.28+1.82%−10.2%$11.71B