Company Analysis

General Mills, Inc. (GIS)

NYSE: GIS · Grain Mill Products · Minneapolis, MN · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.0
◀ Past 6.3● Present 4.9▶ Future 3.8

The grade of General Mills, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past6.330% of the headline
● Present4.940% of the headline
▶ Future3.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $16 billion in fiscal 2017 to $18 billion in fiscal 2026, up 1.9% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.9%bottom 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 46% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 49% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak8.3%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.6% a year. 92% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-05-31, General Mills, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 92% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -1%: lost 1¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-31, General Mills, Inc. lost about 1 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 13% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 42% of 42 in its family; net margin -0.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of -0.5% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of -2.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$18.42Btop 19% of its family
  • net margin-0.5%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.8%bottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 30% of 26 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Harmening, Jeffrey L (Chairman of the Board & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-06-27, 9.4 years (top 24% of its family); the 26 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.7 years (top 22%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 26 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 26 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.7 yearstop 22% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.4 yearstop 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $454 million against debt of $12 billion leaves -39.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.8% of revenue (top 35%); a gross margin of 33.6% (top 27%); research spending of 1.4% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-39.9%bottom 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.8%top 35% of its family
  • gross margin33.6%top 27% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.4%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 27% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 27th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -2.8% a year over the last three filed years against 1.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 32% of its family); the newest year grew -5.4% (bottom 18%); research spending grew -0.2% a year (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -7.8% a year (bottom 37%) (its annual reports). General Mills, Inc. reported 9 product lines in fiscal 2026: Snacks at $4.1 billion (23%), Cereal at $3.1 billion (17%), Convenient Meals at $2.9 billion (16%), and 6 more; 5 of 9 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.7 points a yearbottom 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-5.4%bottom 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.2%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-7.8%bottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 17% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 17th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

General Mills, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 4% below the $19 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 24% of its family); net income of $88 million against a prior three-year average of $2.5 billion (bottom 14%); a net margin of -0.5% against 12.4% before (bottom 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.0%bottom 24% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-104%bottom 14% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-12.9 pointsbottom 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GIS · research, not advice