(GIS) General Mills - Ratings and Ratios
Cereal, Yogurt, Snacks, Pet Food, Baking Mixes
GIS EPS (Earnings per Share)
GIS Revenue
Description: GIS General Mills October 14, 2025
General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods, organized into four operating segments: North America Retail, International, Pet, and North America Foodservice.
The core product portfolio spans grain-based cereals, refrigerated and frozen doughs, snack bars, desserts, frozen pizza, meal kits, and a broad range of frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. The company also produces pet nutrition under brands such as Blue Buffalo and operates Häagen-Dazs ice-cream parlors.
Its brand roster includes household names like Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Nature Valley, and Totino’s, as well as specialty and ethnic lines such as Cascadian Farm and Old El Paso, giving GIS a diversified revenue base across multiple price points and consumer occasions.
Distribution channels cover traditional grocery and mass-merchant stores, membership clubs, natural-food chains, drug and discount retailers, e-commerce platforms, and food-service operators ranging from restaurants to institutional cafeterias.
Key recent metrics (FY 2024) show revenue of roughly $19 billion, an operating margin of 13 %, and a 5 % year-over-year growth in the Pet segment, which outpaced the overall packaged-foods slowdown driven by modest cereal volume declines and rising input-cost pressures.
Sector drivers that materially affect GIS include inflation-sensitive consumer discretionary spending, commodity price volatility (especially wheat and dairy), and the accelerating shift toward online grocery sales, which grew about 8 % YoY across the packaged-foods industry in 2024.
If you want a data-rich, unbiased deep-dive into GIS’s valuation assumptions and scenario analysis, a quick look at ValueRay’s analyst toolkit can help you surface the most material risk factors and upside catalysts.
GIS Stock Overview
| Market Cap in USD | 25,913m |
| Sub-Industry | Packaged Foods & Meats |
| IPO / Inception | 1983-06-10 |
GIS Stock Ratings
| Growth Rating | -58.1% |
| Fundamental | 55.6% |
| Dividend Rating | 65.9% |
| Return 12m vs S&P 500 | -38.9% |
| Analyst Rating | 3.09 of 5 |
GIS Dividends
| Dividend Yield 12m | 5.10% |
| Yield on Cost 5y | 4.72% |
| Annual Growth 5y | 4.71% |
| Payout Consistency | 95.9% |
| Payout Ratio | 60.5% |
GIS Growth Ratios
| Growth Correlation 3m | 3.2% |
| Growth Correlation 12m | -95.1% |
| Growth Correlation 5y | 16.4% |
| CAGR 5y | -13.53% |
| CAGR/Max DD 3y (Calmar Ratio) | -0.32 |
| CAGR/Mean DD 3y (Pain Ratio) | -0.60 |
| Sharpe Ratio 12m | -0.67 |
| Alpha | -32.07 |
| Beta | -0.025 |
| Volatility | 20.83% |
| Current Volume | 5083.6k |
| Average Volume 20d | 5050.6k |
| Stop Loss | 45.9 (-3.2%) |
| Signal | -0.51 |
Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 4.0
| Net Income (2.91b TTM) > 0 and > 6% of Revenue (6% = 1.15b TTM) |
| FCFTA 0.06 (>2.0%) and ΔFCFTA -2.39pp (YES ≥ +1.0pp, WARN ≥ +0.5pp) |
| NWC/Revenue -14.20% (prev -12.50%; Δ -1.69pp) (YES ≤20% & Δ≤-1pp; WARN ≤25% & Δ≤0 oder ≤40% & Δ≤-3pp) |
| CFO/TA 0.08 (>3.0%) and CFO 2.69b <= Net Income 2.91b (YES >=105%, WARN >=100%) |
| Net Debt (13.45b) to EBITDA (3.62b) ratio: 3.72 <= 3.0 (WARN <= 3.5) |
| Current Ratio 0.66 (target 1.5–3.0; WARN 1.2–<1.5 or >3.0–5.0; CFO/TA gate active) |
| Outstanding Shares last Quarter (542.5m) change vs 12m ago -3.78% (target <= -2.0% for YES) |
| Gross Margin 34.33% (prev 34.60%; Δ -0.26pp) >=18% & Δ>=+0.5pp (WARN >=15% & Δ>=0) |
| Asset Turnover 59.14% (prev 62.33%; Δ -3.19pp) >=50% & Δ>=+2pp (WARN >=35% & Δ>=0) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio 7.64 (EBITDA TTM 3.62b / Interest Expense TTM 403.1m) >= 6 (WARN >= 3) |
Altman Z'' 3.25
| (A) -0.08 = (Total Current Assets 5.24b - Total Current Liabilities 7.96b) / Total Assets 33.02b |
| (B) 0.69 = Retained Earnings (Balance) 22.79b / Total Assets 33.02b |
| (C) 0.10 = EBIT TTM 3.08b / Avg Total Assets 32.39b |
| (D) 0.86 = Book Value of Equity 20.27b / Total Liabilities 23.50b |
| Total Rating: 3.25 = (6.56 * A) + (3.26 * B) + (6.72 * C) + (1.05 * D) |
ValueRay F-Score (Strict, 0-100) 55.64
| 1. Piotroski 4.0pt = -1.0 |
| 2. FCF Yield 5.33% = 2.66 |
| 3. FCF Margin 10.94% = 2.74 |
| 4. Debt/Equity 1.52 = 1.45 |
| 5. Debt/Ebitda 3.72 = -2.44 |
| 6. ROIC - WACC (= 5.62)% = 7.03 |
| 7. RoE 31.31% = 2.50 |
| 8. Rev. Trend -70.63% = -5.30 |
| 9. EPS Trend -40.09% = -2.00 |
What is the price of GIS shares?
Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.03%, over one month by -6.07%, over three months by -5.78% and over the past year by -27.71%.
Is General Mills a good stock to buy?
Based on momentum, paid dividends and discounted-cash-flow analyses, the fair value of GIS is around 43.53 USD . This means that GIS is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -8.18%.
Is GIS a buy, sell or hold?
- Strong Buy: 2
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 17
- Sell: 0
- Strong Sell: 2
What are the forecasts/targets for the GIS price?
| Issuer | Target | Up/Down from current |
|---|---|---|
| Wallstreet Target Price | 53.5 | 12.9% |
| Analysts Target Price | 53.5 | 12.9% |
| ValueRay Target Price | 46.6 | -1.7% |
GIS Fundamental Data Overview October 16, 2025
P/E Trailing = 9.0974
P/E Forward = 13.7931
P/S = 1.3528
P/B = 2.8235
P/EG = 17.2329
Beta = -0.025
Revenue TTM = 19.16b USD
EBIT TTM = 3.08b USD
EBITDA TTM = 3.62b USD
Long Term Debt = 12.22b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.19b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 14.41b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 13.45b USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 39.37b USD (25.91b + Debt 14.41b - CCE 952.9m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 7.64 (Ebit TTM 3.08b / Interest Expense TTM 403.1m)
FCF Yield = 5.33% (FCF TTM 2.10b / Enterprise Value 39.37b)
FCF Margin = 10.94% (FCF TTM 2.10b / Revenue TTM 19.16b)
Net Margin = 15.19% (Net Income TTM 2.91b / Revenue TTM 19.16b)
Gross Margin = 34.33% ((Revenue TTM 19.16b - Cost of Revenue TTM 12.58b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 33.93% (prev 32.35%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.19 (Enterprise Value 39.37b / Total Assets 33.02b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.97% (Interest Expense 139.7m / Debt 14.41b)
Taxrate = 25.12% (403.9m / 1.61b)
NOPAT = 2.31b (EBIT 3.08b * (1 - 25.12%))
Current Ratio = 0.66 (Total Current Assets 5.24b / Total Current Liabilities 7.96b)
Debt / Equity = 1.52 (Debt 14.41b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 9.51b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.72 (Net Debt 13.45b / EBITDA 3.62b)
Debt / FCF = 6.42 (Net Debt 13.45b / FCF TTM 2.10b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 9.29b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 8.81% (Net Income 2.91b / Total Assets 33.02b)
RoE = 31.31% (Net Income TTM 2.91b / Total Stockholder Equity 9.29b)
RoCE = 14.31% (EBIT 3.08b / Capital Employed (Equity 9.29b + L.T.Debt 12.22b))
RoIC = 9.69% (NOPAT 2.31b / Invested Capital 23.79b)
WACC = 4.06% (E(25.91b)/V(40.32b) * Re(5.92%) + D(14.41b)/V(40.32b) * Rd(0.97%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 5.92% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> floored to rf + 0.7*ERP = 8.05%
Shares Correlation 3-Years: -100.0 | Cagr: -3.57%
[DCF Debug] Terminal Value 77.83% ; FCFE base≈2.37b ; Y1≈2.30b ; Y5≈2.29b
Fair Price DCF = 76.40 (DCF Value 40.75b / Shares Outstanding 533.4m; 5y FCF grow -4.21% → 3.0% )
EPS Correlation: -40.09 | EPS CAGR: -8.56% | SUE: 0.65 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -70.63 | Revenue CAGR: -5.12% | SUE: 0.00 | # QB: 0
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