General Mills Inc. (GIS)

Sector:

Food Products

Index:

S&P 500

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$ 39.08
   
  • Change Today:
    $0.10
  • 52 Week High: $41.05
  • 52 Week Low: $34.95
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 647.31m
  • Volume: 3,324,799
  • Market Cap: $25,297m
  • RiskGrade: 51
  • Beta: 0.34

GIS Overview

General Mills produces packaged consumer foods and markets consumer brands across a wide range of food categories. The company operates through several businesses and owns an extensive portfolio of major brands, including Cheerios, Wheaties and Lucky Charms cereals, Old El Paso Mexican foods, Progresso soups and Green Giant vegetables, Häagen-Dazs ice cream, Pillsbury dough-based products and Yoplait yoghurt. The company also manufactures and sells products through several joint ventures with partners such as Nestlé and PepsiCo.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.9%
Div Cover 2.5
Op Mrgn 18.6%
ROCE 86.1%
Latest F'cast
P/E 14.0
PEG 0.1
Pr/Revenue 1.7
Pr/Book 3.8
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.7%
PBT 9.5%
EPS 141.4%
DPS 133.3%

GIS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
27-May-07 12,441.50 1,631.30 82.50¢ 36.5 4.6 +8% 36.00¢ 1.2%
25-May-08 13,652.10 2,451.71 96.50¢ 31.7 1.9 +17% 39.00¢ 1.3%
31-May-09 14,691.30 2,662.60 98.00¢ 26.1 13.1 +2% 43.00¢ 1.7%
30-May-10 14,635.60 2,306.20 116.00¢ 30.7 1.7 +18% 48.00¢ 1.3%
29-May-11 14,880.20 2,524.60 280.00¢ 14.0 0.1 +141% 112.00¢ 2.9%

GIS Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-May-12 16,702.79 2,389.91 253.96¢ 15.4 n/a -9% 121.57¢ 3.1%
30-May-13 17,445.49 2,608.47 275.68¢ 14.2 1.7 +9% 128.86¢ 3.3%
30-May-14 17,994.61 2,784.56 298.24¢ 13.1 1.6 +8% 138.11¢ 3.5%

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GIS ShareCast News

General Mills meets estimates in third quarter 21-Mar-2012 ShareCast
US broker round-up 12-Mar-2012 ShareCast
US close: Dow homes in on 13,000 18-Feb-2012 ShareCast

GIS Top Newspaper Links

General Mills Poised to Buy Yoplait Stake for $1... 18-Mar-2011 New York Times
News In Brief: insider trading, Pepsi ads, mortg... 19-Dec-2009 BayArea.com
Tough times seem to benefit General Mills 18-Dec-2009 Wall Street Journal

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

GIS Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 39.08
Change Today $ 0.10
% Change 0.26 %
52 Week High $41.05
52 Week Low $34.95
Volume 3,324,799
Shares Issued 647.31m
Market Cap $25,297m
Beta 0.34
RiskGrade 51

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 12
Buy 1
Neutral 8
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 21
buy
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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:15 122,426 @ $39.08
16:15 930 @ $39.05
16:14 177 @ $39.06
16:14 2,000 @ $39.06
16:14 100 @ $39.06

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