General Mills, Inc. (GIS)
General Mills, Inc.
Scored against other Consumer Defensive stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
On balance, General Mills looks shaky: more is going wrong than right.
- What's working
- Its price looks reasonable for what the business earns, compared with other everyday-goods companies.
- Worth watching
- Sales and profits grew slower over the past year than at most other everyday-goods companies, or shrank.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 18 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About General Mills, Inc.
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…
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Employees
- 30,000
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, MN
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/B 2.4 — lower than 88% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/S 1.0 — lower than 83% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/EBITDA 9.1 — lower than 89% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/Revenue 1.7 — lower than 67% of Consumer Defensive peers
FCF yield 7.4% — higher than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 33.7% — higher than 39% of Consumer Defensive peers
Operating margin 15.2% — higher than 39% of Consumer Defensive peers
Net margin -4.9% — higher than 11% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROE -10.5% — higher than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROA 5.6% — higher than 28% of Consumer Defensive peers
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.8 — lower than 31% of Consumer Defensive peers
Current ratio 0.70 — higher than 22% of Consumer Defensive peers
Quick ratio 0.32 — higher than 33% of Consumer Defensive peers
Cash/debt 0.03 — higher than 11% of Consumer Defensive peers
Debt/EBITDA 3.99 — lower than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
Growth
Revenue growth -2.8% YoY — higher than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
Earnings growth -66.7% YoY — higher than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 59.4% — typical for Consumer Defensive peers
Net insider buying, +57.2% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -17.2% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding
10.0% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
11% of the way from its 52-week low to high