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Quick Briefing on General Mills

Shares of Consumer Staples sector company General Mills moved 0.8% today, and are now trading at a price of $66.39. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 3,460,700 compared to its average volume of 4,617,258. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.

General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company is based in Minneapolis and has 34,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $38,591,111,168. General Mills currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.4% per year.

17 analysts are following General Mills and have set target prices ranging from $58.0 to $77.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of hold. At today's prices, GIS is trading -4.68% away from its average analyst target price of $69.65 per share.

Over the last year, GIS shares have gone down by -24.0%, which represents a difference of -41.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $90.89 per share and its 52 week low is $60.33. Although General Mills's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $2.5 Billion, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -1.0%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 2,778,600 689,500 2,089,100 -23.96
2022 3,316,100 568,700 2,747,400 12.03
2021 2,983,200 530,800 2,452,400 -23.73
2020 3,676,200 460,800 3,215,400 41.69
2019 2,807,000 537,600 2,269,400 2.3
2018 2,841,000 622,700 2,218,300
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