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General Mills, Inc (NYSE: GIS) closed the day trading at $56.39 down -1.55% from the previous closing price of $57.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.53 million shares were traded. GIS stock price reached its highest trading level at $57.37 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $56.23.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GIS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 59.23 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.47. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.44 and its Current Ratio is at 0.67. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.53 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.28.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, UBS on April 23, 2025, initiated with a Sell rating and assigned the stock a target price of $54.
On March 24, 2025, Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock assigning a Underweight rating and target price of $53.
Jefferies reiterated its Hold rating for the stock on March 10, 2025, while the target price for the stock was revised from $58 to $62.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 07 ’25 when HARMENING JEFFREY L sold 11,379 shares for $65.00 per share. The transaction valued at 739,635 led to the insider holds 353,346 shares of the business.
JEFFREY HARMENING bought 11,379 shares of GIS for $739,635 on Mar 07 ’25. On Dec 20 ’24, another insider, Gallagher Paul Joseph, who serves as the Chief Supply Chain Officer of the company, sold 1,041 shares for $64.50 each. As a result, the insider received 67,144 and left with 42,117 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GIS now has a Market Capitalization of 30879221760 and an Enterprise Value of 44794593280. As of this moment, General’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.90. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.57 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.33. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.28 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.651.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GIS is 0.06, which has changed by -0.20386839 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07545352 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GIS has reached a high of $75.90, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $55.15. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.15%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.28%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GIS traded about 6.07M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GIS traded about 3960520 shares per day. A total of 547.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 545.61M. Insiders hold about 0.36% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.43% stake in the company. Shares short for GIS as of 1743379200 were 29824520 with a Short Ratio of 4.91, compared to 1740700800 on 26262725. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 29824520 and a Short% of Float of 6.1300002.
Dividends & Splits
GIS’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.40, up from 2.39 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.041724864The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.2. The current Payout Ratio is 54.78% for GIS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-04-10 with an ex-dividend date of 1744243200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2010-06-09 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
