General Mills, Inc.

GIS Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

In the quarter to August 2026, revenue fell 2.83%, EPS fell 66.7%, free cash flow fell 28.6% and total debt fell 6.75%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.

33.13 0.25 +0.76%
Market cap
$17.6B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
10.6×
Dividend yield
7.36%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.06
Beneish M
−2.92
Dividend safety
37/100

General Mills, Inc. (GIS) Revenue growth

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General Mills, Inc.'s revenue growth over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was −4.49%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (−5.45%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −6.05% (fiscal 2016) to 7.15% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is below the Packaged Foods industry median of 5.69% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 4.83%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2026 −5.45% (3.58)
FY2025 −1.87% (0.69)
FY2024 −1.18% (6.98)
FY2023 5.80% 1.02
FY2022 4.78% 1.94
FY2021 2.84% (1.67)
FY2020 4.51% (2.64)
FY2019 7.15% 6.38
FY2018 0.77% 6.47
FY2017 −5.70% 0.35

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Aug 2026 −2.83% (4.00)
May 2026 1.17% 9.54
Feb 2026 −8.37% (1.13)
Nov 2025 −7.24% (0.42)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −6.05% High 7.15%
Ten-year median −0.20%
Current reading's percentile 25

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 14.9%
JBS JBS N.V. compare 14.3%
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 13.2%
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company compare 5.08%
LW Lamb Weston compare 2.58%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 0.73%
KHC Kraft Heinz Company compare −1.62%
GIS General Mills, Inc. −4.49%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 5.69%
Consumer Defensive sector median 4.83%
Market median 7.41%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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