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GIS General Mills, Inc.

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

6 · Fair Momentum 2.0 · Weak Watch 5y streak

37.93

+1.80%

About the company

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.

6.43%
2.44
20.2B
-0.16
40.56

52-week range

37.9
low 31.8 high 51.3
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

General Mills, Inc., a Consumer Defensive company in the Packaged Foods sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 6.43%. This yield is above its 5-year average of 3.46% and its 5-year high of 4.59%, with Yield Theory suggesting the stock is undervalued. The company's dividend safety status is currently flagged as 'watch'.

Dividend history

General Mills has a 5-year dividend increase streak, placing it in the CCC 'challenger' tier. The 3-year dividend CAGR is 4.84%, and the 5-year CAGR is 4.31%. Dividends are paid quarterly, typically in January, April, July, and October. Annual dividends per share have consistently increased from $1.64 in 2014 to $2.38 in 2024, with a projected $2.42 for 2025.

Dividend safety

General Mills' dividend safety is categorized as 'watch'. The company exhibits elevated leverage, with a debt-to-equity ratio of 217.629%, though total debt is reported as $0.0.

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Price history

88.6 61.2 33.8 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 64.0 2020-09 · 61.7 2020-10 · 59.1 2020-11 · 60.8 2020-12 · 58.8 2021-01 · 58.1 2021-02 · 55.0 2021-03 · 61.3 2021-04 · 60.9 2021-05 · 62.9 2021-06 · 60.9 2021-07 · 58.9 2021-08 · 57.8 2021-09 · 59.8 2021-10 · 61.8 2021-11 · 61.8 2021-12 · 67.4 2022-01 · 68.7 2022-02 · 67.4 2022-03 · 67.7 2022-04 · 70.7 2022-05 · 69.8 2022-06 · 75.5 2022-07 · 74.8 2022-08 · 76.8 2022-09 · 76.6 2022-10 · 81.6 2022-11 · 85.3 2022-12 · 83.8 2023-01 · 78.4 2023-02 · 79.5 2023-03 · 85.5 2023-04 · 88.6 2023-05 · 84.2 2023-06 · 76.7 2023-07 · 74.7 2023-08 · 67.7 2023-09 · 64.0 2023-10 · 65.2 2023-11 · 63.7 2023-12 · 65.1 2024-01 · 64.9 2024-02 · 64.2 2024-03 · 70.0 2024-04 · 70.5 2024-05 · 68.8 2024-06 · 63.3 2024-07 · 67.1 2024-08 · 72.3 2024-09 · 73.8 2024-10 · 68.0 2024-11 · 66.3 2024-12 · 63.8 2025-01 · 60.1 2025-02 · 60.6 2025-03 · 59.8 2025-04 · 56.7 2025-05 · 54.3 2025-06 · 51.8 2025-07 · 49.0 2025-08 · 49.3 2025-09 · 50.4 2025-10 · 46.6 2025-11 · 47.4 2025-12 · 46.5 2026-01 · 46.3 2026-02 · 45.2 2026-03 · 37.2 2026-04 · 35.3 2026-05 · 33.8 2026-06 · 34.8 2026-07 · 38.7
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Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+1.2%
CAGR 3y
+4.8%
+4.3%
5 years

(5-year)

Now 6.4%
2.8% avg 3.5% 4.6%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +4.8% CAGR 5y +4.3% 5y streak
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Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

217.6%
0.68
0.35
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
0.0 USD
Total cash
399.0M USD
3.4B USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 22 investors · watched by 11

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