Ratio Revelations: General Mills, Inc. (GIS)’s Financial Metrics in the Spotlight

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General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) closed the day trading at $70.63 up 0.97% from the previous closing price of $69.95. In other words, the price has increased by $0.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.96 million shares were traded. GIS stock price reached its highest trading level at $70.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $69.98.

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 94.31 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.59. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.38 and its Current Ratio is at 0.65. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.42 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.23.

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, Goldman on August 12, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $76.

Bernstein Upgraded its Underperform to Mkt Perform on May 15, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $62 to $70.

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 May 13 ’24 when Shaffer Werner Lanette sold 710 shares for $70.57 per share. The transaction valued at 50,105 led to the insider holds 17,397 shares of the business.

Nudi Jonathon sold 10,000 shares of GIS for $692,109 on Mar 22 ’24. The Group President now owns 93,381 shares after completing the transaction at $69.21 per share. On Feb 22 ’24, another insider, MORIKIS JOHN G, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 55 shares for $65.76 each. As a result, the insider received 3,617 and left with 5,802 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 39314071552 and an Enterprise Value of 52570730496. As of this moment, General’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.40, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.93. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.17. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.647 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.165.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GIS has reached a high of $74.45, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $60.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.34%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, GIS traded about 3.99M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GIS traded about 2932110 shares per day. A total of 559.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 554.80M. Insiders hold about 0.60% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.92% stake in the company. Shares short for GIS as of 1722384000 were 16538122 with a Short Ratio of 4.14, compared to 1719532800 on 17121080. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16538122 and a Short% of Float of 2.97.

Dividends & Splits

GIS’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.37, up from 2.36 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.033738386The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.21.

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