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Understanding the Drop in GIS Stock Prices

This afternoon we watched General Mills drop -3.7% to a price of $63.48 per share. The Large-Cap Packaged Foods company is now trading -14.12% below its average target price of $73.91. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $67.0 to $84.0 per share for General Mills, and have given the stock an average rating of hold.

General Mills's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 4.3%. The stock's short ratio is 5.31. The company's insiders own 0.26% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 79.6%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding General Mills.

Institutions Invested in General Mills

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 12% 66,762,090 $4,237,723,560
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 10% 54,037,776 $3,430,047,749
2024-09-30 State Street Corporation 6% 33,502,737 $2,126,586,179
2024-09-30 Capital Research Global Investors 3% 18,201,841 $1,155,361,829
2024-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 3% 14,351,556 $910,964,995
2024-09-30 Morgan Stanley 2% 8,715,298 $553,203,527
2024-06-30 Norges Bank Investment Management 1% 7,142,480 $453,368,907
2024-09-30 Capital World Investors 1% 7,081,454 $449,495,281
2024-09-30 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 6,808,310 $432,157,466
2024-09-30 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1% 6,782,250 $430,503,308
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