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General Mills, Inc.

Packaged Foods · United States

USD 36.32-0.9% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$19.42B
Trailing P/E
Forward P/E
11.39x
Quarterly revenue growth
1.2%
Trailing net margin
-0.5%
Indicated dividend yield
6.7%

Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-05-31 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-09-23 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer food in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: North America Retail; International; North America Pet; and North America Foodservice. It offers snacks, including grain, fruit and savory snacks, nutrition bars, and frozen hot snacks; ready-to-eat cereal; convenient meals comprising meal kits, ethnic meals, pizza, soup, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast, and frozen entrees; wholesome natural pet food; refrigerated and frozen dough; baking mixes and ingredients; and ice cream products. The company also offers dog and cat food, such as dry food, wet food, fresh food, and treats. In addition, it operates 232 and franchises 376 ice cream parlors. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Dunkaroos, Edgard & Cooper, Fiber One, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Lucky Charms, Nature Valley, Nudges, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Tastefuls, Tiki Pets, Total, Totino's, Trix, True Solutions, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, and Yoki brands. It sells its products to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Q4 FY2026

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MetricGISGeneral Mills, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-05-31KHCThe Kraft Heinz CompanySnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-27SJMThe J. M. Smucker CompanySnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-07-31Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$19.42BUS$28.97BUS$13.13BUS$21.05Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate11.39x11.70x11.30x11.50xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA9.53x8.27x8.85x8.56xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter1.2%-1.4%5.0%1.8%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter16.1%15.5%17.9%16.7%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap11.9%11.2%11.1%11.2%n=2
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA3.91x2.97x3.05x3.01xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity1.89x0.53x1.21x0.87xn=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings57.45x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share3.51x0.80x2.28x1.54xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue1.78x1.82x2.19x2.01xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter
Gross marginTrailing twelve months33.7%33.5%38.0%35.7%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months-0.5%-13.6%2.5%-5.6%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only-1.0%-8.8%3.9%-2.4%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue12.5%13.1%16.0%14.5%n=2
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price6.7%6.5%3.6%5.1%n=2
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout59.4%73.1%205.6%139.3%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities0.68x1.06x0.87x0.97xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity-0.030.080.260.17n=2

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