Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand GIS

By Tamara Parker • Wednesday, December 06 16:55 • Permanent Link

Shares of Food Chains company General Mills jumped 2.1% today. With many investors piling into GIS without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

General Mills has moved -24.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
GIS has an average analyst rating of hold and is -5.4% away from its mean target price of $69.65 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $4.1
General Mills has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.71 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.73 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
General Mills is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 21.21 and an average P/B of 4.12
GIS has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -15.6% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.52 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates through four segments: North America Retail; International; Pet; and North America Foodservice. It offers grain, ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, bakery flour, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, snack bars, fruit and salty snacks, ice cream and frozen desserts, nutrition bars, and savory snacks, as well as various organic products, including frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. It also manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Blue Basics, Blue Freedom, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Nudges, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Top Chews Naturals, Totino's, Trix, True Chews, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, Yoki, Reese's Puffs, Green Giant, and Yoplait trademarks. It sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. In addition, the company operates ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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