General Mills, Inc. GIS

33.64 (1.19) (3.42%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$18.7B
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General Mills, Inc. (GIS) Operating margin

General Mills, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was −1.13%, down 5.9 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (4.81%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.81% (fiscal 2026) to 18.3% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.81%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 4.81% (12.15)
FY2025 17.0% (0.32)
FY2024 17.3% 0.19
FY2023 17.1% (1.21)
FY2022 18.3% 0.95
FY2021 17.4% 0.59
FY2020 16.8% 1.84
FY2019 14.9% (0.45)
FY2018 15.4% (0.58)
FY2017 16.0% (0.40)

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 14.4% 59.83
May 2026 −45.4% (57.22)
Feb 2026 11.8% (3.16)
Nov 2025 15.0% (23.22)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.81% High 18.3%
Ten-year median 16.6%
Current reading's percentile 8

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 14.9%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 14.5%
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 9.02%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 8.62%
JBS JBS N.V. compare 3.57%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 3.47%
GIS General Mills, Inc. −1.13%
KHC Kraft Heinz Company compare −12.8%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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