How to buy General Mills stock

General Mills, Inc is a packaged foods business based in the US. General Mills shares (GIS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. General Mills employs 35,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

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General Mills shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-05-07.

52-week range	$53.51 - $64.48
50-day moving average	$61.17
200-day moving average	$59.27
Wall St. target price	$62.66
PE ratio	15.4504
Dividend yield	$2 (3.23%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$4.12

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Is General Mills under- or over-valued?

Valuing General Mills stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of General Mills's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

General Mills's P/E ratio

General Mills's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, General Mills shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

General Mills's PEG ratio

General Mills's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.5594. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into General Mills's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

General Mills's EBITDA

General Mills's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $4.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a General Mills's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

General Mills financials

Revenue TTM	$18.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	19.19%
Gross profit TTM	$6.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.11%
Return on equity TTM	28.3%
Profit margin	13.68%
Book value	$14.53
Market capitalisation	$38.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting General Mills shares

There are currently 25.5 million General Mills shares held short by investors – that's known as General Mills's "short interest". This figure is 7% down from 27.5 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting General Mills shares can be evaluated.

General Mills's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

General Mills's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of General Mills shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of General Mills shares traded daily (recently around 5.1 million). General Mills's SIR currently stands at 5. In other words for every 100,000 General Mills shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5000 shares are currently held short.

However General Mills's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of General Mills shares, or, against the total number of tradable General Mills shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case General Mills's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 General Mills shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0419% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable General Mills shares, roughly 42 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against General Mills.

Find out more about how you can short General Mills stock.

General Mills's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like General Mills.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

General Mills's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 27.62

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and General Mills's overall score of 27.62 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 37th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like General Mills is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

General Mills's environmental score

Environmental score: 12.04/100

General Mills's environmental score of 12.04 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that General Mills is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

General Mills's social score

Social score: 12.75/100

General Mills's social score of 12.75 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that General Mills is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

General Mills's governance score

Governance score: 8.32/100

General Mills's governance score puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that General Mills is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

General Mills's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. General Mills scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that General Mills has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

General Mills, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	27.62
Total ESG percentile	36.94
Environmental score	12.04
Environmental score percentile	5
Social score	12.75
Social score percentile	5
Governance score	8.32
Governance score percentile	5
Level of controversy	2

General Mills share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 50.75% of net profits

Recently General Mills has paid out, on average, around 50.75% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.21% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), General Mills shareholders could enjoy a 3.21% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In General Mills's case, that would currently equate to about $2 per share.

General Mills's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

General Mills's most recent dividend payout was on 2 May 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 7 April 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have General Mills's shares ever split?

General Mills's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 8 June 2010. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your General Mills shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for General Mills shares which in turn could have impacted General Mills's share price.

General Mills share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, General Mills's shares have ranged in value from as little as $53.5117 up to $64.4846. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while General Mills's is 0.5497. This would suggest that General Mills's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

General Mills overview

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, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, snack bars, fruit snacks, nutrition bars, and savory snacks, as well as organic products, including refrigerated yogurt, frozen and shelf-stable vegetables, meal kits, salty snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, and grain snacks. 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, BLUE Wilderness, 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, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Oui, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Yoki, and Yoplait trademarks. General Mills, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of General Mills is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.161% of General Mills shares are held by insiders and 78.155% by institutions.

• How many people work for General Mills?

  Latest data suggests 35,000 work at General Mills.

• When does the fiscal year end for General Mills?

  General Mills's fiscal year ends in May.

• Where is General Mills based?

  General Mills's address is: Number One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 55426

• What is General Mills's ISIN number?

  General Mills's international securities identification number is: US3703341046

• What is General Mills's CUSIP number?

  General Mills's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 370334104