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In the latest session, General Mills, Inc (NYSE: GIS) closed at $54.40 up 2.10% from its previous closing price of $53.28. In other words, the price has increased by $2.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.48 million shares were traded. GIS stock price reached its highest trading level at $54.445 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $53.31.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of General Mills, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 57.14 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.03. 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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 15 ’25 when PANKAJ SHARMA bought 3,643 shares for $54.12 per share.
HARMENING JEFFREY L sold 11,379 shares of GIS for $739,635 on Mar 07 ’25. The Chairman of the Board & CEO now owns 353,346 shares after completing the transaction at $65.00 per share. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, JEFFREY HARMENING, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 11,379 shares for $65.00 each.
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 29789497344 and an Enterprise Value of 43704868864. As of this moment, General’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.95, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.52. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.22. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.225 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.392.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GIS is 0.01, which has changed by -0.23638403 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11571348 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 $52.93. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.43%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, GIS has traded an average of 6.08M shares per day and 4895790 over the past ten days. A total of 547.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 545.60M. Insiders hold about 0.36% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.82% stake in the company. Shares short for GIS as of 1745971200 were 28462833 with a Short Ratio of 4.68, compared to 1743379200 on 29824520. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 28462833 and a Short% of Float of 5.8500000000000005.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for GIS is 2.40, from 2.39 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04485736The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.21. 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.
