General Mills, Inc. (GIS): Price and Financial Metrics
GIS Stock Summary
- GIS has a higher market value than 93.28% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $38,281,796,842.
- General Mills Inc's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.8% of US equities in our set.
- The volatility of General Mills Inc's share price is greater than that of only 1.67% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to GIS, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are TT, HSY, SWK, BF.B, and CRH.
- GIS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit General Mills Inc's official web site, go to www.generalmills.com.
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GIS Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $61.45 | 52-week high | $66.14 |
| Prev. close | $62.03 | 52-week low | $53.96 |
| Day low | $61.12 | Volume | 1,522,420 |
| Day high | $62.11 | Avg. volume | 4,860,748 |
| 50-day MA | $59.10 | Dividend yield | 3.29% |
| 200-day MA | $60.31 | Market Cap | 37.48B |
General Mills, Inc. (GIS) Company Bio
General Mills sells products including ready-to-eat cereals; convenient meals, including meal kits, ethnic meals, pizza, soups, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast, and frozen entrees; snacks comprising grain, fruit, and savory snacks, as well as nutrition bars and frozen hot snacks; refrigerated yogurt products; ice creams; baking mixes and ingredients; refrigerated and frozen dough products; and frozen and shelf-stable vegetable products. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
GIS Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $61.45 | $66.01 | 5% |
Below please find a table outlining a discounted cash flow forecast for GIS, in which we model out valuation assuming a variety of terminal growth rates. To summarize, we found that General Mills Inc ranked in the 56th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. More precisely, our analysis suggests the stock is undervalued by approximately 5.5% on a DCF basis. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for General Mills Inc ended up being:
- Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 8.36; that's higher than 63.78% of US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector that have positive free cash flow.
- General Mills Inc's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 8%; for context, that number is higher than just 7.92% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 3% |
| 1% | 4% |
| 2% | 5% |
| 3% | 6% |
| 4% | 7% |
| 5% | 8% |
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Latest GIS News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about General Mills Inc that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate GIS as an investment opportunity.
From toilet paper to diapers, here's a list of household staples that are about to get more expensiveSummary List Placement Many household goods are getting more expensive, as companies like Procter & Gamble and General Mills hike prices to combat shortages and rising shipping costs. During their third-quarter earnings call , P&G said it has started raising prices on some of its paper goods, including baby-care, feminine hygiene products, and adult diapers. The price hike would encompass Pampers diapers, Charmin toilet paper, Tampax and Always feminine products, as well as Depends and Prevail adult products. "The exact amount of the price increase will vary by brand and sub-brand in the range of mid-to-high single-digit percentages and will go into effect in mid-September," P&G said in a statement. Some of P&G's primary competitors, including Kimberly-Clark, have already announced simi... |
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A new kind of chicken war: Kellogg's MorningStar Farms unveils plant-based tendersKellogg's is entering a new kind of chicken sandwich wars. |
McCormick CEO: 'We've been hard-pressed to keep up with' Old Bay Seasoning demandMcCormick Chairman and CEO Lawrence Kurzius said he can't keep this classic spice in stock. It's been briskly selling during the pandemic. |
Evercore eyes pandemic winners in food companies' trial-and-repeat processAn Evercore ISI panel has dug into food companies' approach of relying on "trial and repeat" to win loyalty - and generate sustainable organic growth - in the COVID-19 crisis. That promotion-focused approach created hot competition for food makers across six battleground categories, the firm says, and it's zoomed in... |
GIS Price Returns
| 1-mo | 5.71% |
| 3-mo | 10.71% |
| 6-mo | 1.17% |
| 1-year | 6.38% |
| 3-year | 55.06% |
| 5-year | 21.57% |
| YTD | 6.30% |
| 2020 | 13.60% |
| 2019 | 43.13% |
| 2018 | -31.57% |
| 2017 | -0.65% |
| 2016 | 10.31% |
GIS Dividends
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