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GISGeneral Mills

Consumer staples · Packaged Foods · NYSE

For 160 years, General Mills has been making food the world loves. 10-K, Item 1

Employees
30,000
Headquarters
Minneapolis, MN
CEO
Jeffrey L. Harmening
Next results
around Dec 16, 2026
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All key numbers (39, from the latest 10-K and 10-Q) From EDGAR
EPS (ttm)-1.64Sales (ttm)18.3BNet income (ttm)-894.8MSales growth-5.4%EPS growth-104%Sales Q/Q-2.8%
Free cash flow1.5BGross margin33.6%Oper. margin-1.1%Net margin-4.9%FCF margin8.5%ROE-12.0%
ROA-3.0%R&D / sales1.4%Dividend2.44Debt/Eq1.83Curr. ratio0.70Cash433.1M
Op. cash flow (ttm)2.1BEBITDA1.4BEBITDA margin7.8%Net debt13.2BQuick ratio0.43Interest cover1.54
ROIC-0.1%Tax rate102.2%Stock pay / sales0.4%Shares out.534.7MShares Y/Y-3.6%Book / share13.93
Cash / share0.81Sales / share34.22Asset turnover0.60Inventory turns6.38Days sales out.33Sales 3Y CAGR-2.8%
Sales 5Y CAGR+0.3%Employees30,000Sales / employee610K

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Changes in the numbers

FY2026 against FY2025
  • Free cash flow fell 29%$2.3B → $1.6B · Cash from operations − capital expenditure · 10-K ↗
  • Operating margin narrowed to 4.8%17.0% → 4.8% · Operating income / revenue · 10-K ↗
  • Net income turned to a loss$2.3B → −$87.6M · Net income attributable to the company · 10-K ↗
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GIS against Consumer staples peers

Ten years, side by side → · All 34 →
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GISPeer median

Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How

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Sales growth
-5.4%31st of 33 · median +2.1%
Net margin
-4.9%32nd of 33 · median 8.0%
Return on equity
-12.0%29th of 29 · median 18.6%
Free cash flow margin
8.5%22nd of 33 · median 10.7%
Debt / equity (less is better)
1.8325th of 29 · median 0.82
GIS and the 5 peers closest in revenue
CompanyRevenue (ttm)Sales growthGross marginNet marginROEFCF marginDebt / equity
GIS General Mills$18.3B -5.4%33.6%-4.9%-12.0%8.5%1.83
CL Colgate-Palmolive$21.3B +1.4%60.6%9.6%-17.8%-
DLTR Dollar Tree$20.1B +10.4%38.6%8.0%47.1%9.9%0.86
CASY Casey's$18.7B +10.2%-4.1%18.9%3.5%0.59
KMB Kimberly-Clark$16.6B -2.1%36.5%19.9%112.6%11.7%2.21
KVUE Kenvue$15.5B -2.1%58.3%10.9%16.6%15.1%0.81

From $19.0B of sales to $2.7B of profit

FY2022, from the 10-K income statement
Revenue to Gross profit: $6.4BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $12.6BGross profit to Operating profit: $3.5BGross profit to Operating expenses: $2.9BOperating profit to Net profit: $2.7BOperating profit to Tax & other: $768.5MOperating expenses to R&D: $243.1MOperating expenses to Sales, admin & other: $2.7B Revenue: $19.0B Revenue$19.0B +5% Y/Y Gross profit: $6.4B · 34% margin Gross profit$6.4B34% margin Cost of revenue: $12.6B · 66% of revenue Cost of revenue$12.6B66% of revenue Operating profit: $3.5B · 18% margin Operating profit$3.5B18% margin +11% Y/Y Operating expenses: $2.9B · 15% of revenue Operating expenses$2.9B15% of revenue Net profit: $2.7B · 14% margin Net profit$2.7B14% margin +16% Y/Y Tax & other: $768.5M · 4% of revenue Tax & other$768.5M4% of revenue R&D: $243.1M · 1% of revenue R&D$243.1M1% of revenue Sales, admin & other: $2.7B · 14% of revenue Sales, admin & other$2.7B14% of revenue

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From $20.1B of sales to $2.6B of profit

FY2023, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by segment
International to Revenue: $2.8BNorth America Pet to Revenue: $2.5BNorth America Foodservice to Revenue: $2.2BUnited States Meals And Baking Operating Unit to Revenue: $4.4BUnited States Cereal Operating Unit to Revenue: $3.6BOther to Revenue: $4.6BRevenue to Gross profit: $6.5BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $13.5BGross profit to Operating profit: $3.4BGross profit to Operating expenses: $3.1BOperating profit to Net profit: $2.6BOperating profit to Tax & other: $839.9MOperating expenses to R&D: $257.6MOperating expenses to Sales, admin & other: $2.9B International: $2.8B · 14% International$2.8B14% North America Pet: $2.5B · 12% North America Pet$2.5B12% North America Foodservice: $2.2B · 11% North America Foodservi…$2.2B11% United States Meals And Baking Operating Unit: $4.4B · 22% United States Meals And…$4.4B22% United States Cereal Operating Unit: $3.6B · 18% United States Cereal Op…$3.6B18% Other: $4.6B · 23% Other$4.6B23% Revenue: $20.1B Revenue$20.1B +6% Y/Y Gross profit: $6.5B · 33% margin Gross profit$6.5B33% margin Cost of revenue: $13.5B · 67% of revenue Cost of revenue$13.5B67% of revenue Operating profit: $3.4B · 17% margin Operating profit$3.4B17% margin −1% Y/Y Operating expenses: $3.1B · 15% of revenue Operating expenses$3.1B15% of revenue Net profit: $2.6B · 13% margin Net profit$2.6B13% margin −4% Y/Y Tax & other: $839.9M · 4% of revenue Tax & other$839.9M4% of revenue R&D: $257.6M · 1% of revenue R&D$257.6M1% of revenue Sales, admin & other: $2.9B · 14% of revenue Sales, admin & other$2.9B14% of revenue

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From $19.9B of sales to $2.5B of profit

FY2024, from the 10-K income statement and revenue by segment
International to Revenue: $2.7BNorth America Pet to Revenue: $2.4BNorth America Foodservice to Revenue: $2.3BUnited States Meals And Baking Operating Unit to Revenue: $4.3BUnited States Cereal Operating Unit to Revenue: $3.6BOther to Revenue: $4.6BRevenue to Gross profit: $6.9BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $12.9BGross profit to Operating profit: $3.4BGross profit to Operating expenses: $3.5BOperating profit to Net profit: $2.5BOperating profit to Tax & other: $935.1MOperating expenses to R&D: $257.8MOperating expenses to SG&A: $3.2B International: $2.7B · 14% International$2.7B14% North America Pet: $2.4B · 12% North America Pet$2.4B12% North America Foodservice: $2.3B · 11% North America Foodservi…$2.3B11% United States Meals And Baking Operating Unit: $4.3B · 22% United States Meals And…$4.3B22% United States Cereal Operating Unit: $3.6B · 18% United States Cereal Op…$3.6B18% Other: $4.6B · 23% Other$4.6B23% Revenue: $19.9B Revenue$19.9B −1% Y/Y Gross profit: $6.9B · 35% margin Gross profit$6.9B35% margin Cost of revenue: $12.9B · 65% of revenue Cost of revenue$12.9B65% of revenue Operating profit: $3.4B · 17% margin Operating profit$3.4B17% margin +0% Y/Y Operating expenses: $3.5B · 18% of revenue Operating expenses$3.5B18% of revenue Net profit: $2.5B · 13% margin Net profit$2.5B13% margin −4% Y/Y Tax & other: $935.1M · 5% of revenue Tax & other$935.1M5% of revenue R&D: $257.8M · 1% of revenue R&D$257.8M1% of revenue SG&A: $3.2B · 16% of revenue SG&A$3.2B16% of revenue

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From $19.5B of sales to $2.3B of profit

FY2025, from the 10-K income statement
Revenue to Gross profit: $6.7BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $12.8BGross profit to Operating profit: $3.3BGross profit to Operating expenses: $3.4BOperating profit to Net profit: $2.3BOperating profit to Tax & other: $1.0BOperating expenses to R&D: $256.6MOperating expenses to Sales, admin & other: $3.2B Revenue: $19.5B Revenue$19.5B −2% Y/Y Gross profit: $6.7B · 35% margin Gross profit$6.7B35% margin Cost of revenue: $12.8B · 65% of revenue Cost of revenue$12.8B65% of revenue Operating profit: $3.3B · 17% margin Operating profit$3.3B17% margin −4% Y/Y Operating expenses: $3.4B · 18% of revenue Operating expenses$3.4B18% of revenue Net profit: $2.3B · 12% margin Net profit$2.3B12% margin −8% Y/Y Tax & other: $1.0B · 5% of revenue Tax & other$1.0B5% of revenue R&D: $256.6M · 1% of revenue R&D$256.6M1% of revenue Sales, admin & other: $3.2B · 16% of revenue Sales, admin & other$3.2B16% of revenue

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Where each $100 of sales went

FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
  • Cost of revenue
  • R&D
  • Sales, admin & other
  • Tax & other
  • Net profit

Band widths are the money. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue; operating expenses are gross profit less operating profit; R&D is from the income statement and the rest of the operating expenses is everything else; tax includes interest and other items when they are small. Y/Y is the change from the fiscal year before. Revenue by part only for the years in the last two 10-Ks' segment tables. The full income statement →

Profitability

0 of 3
  • !
    Net margin below the peer median-4.9% vs 8.0%
  • !
    Return on equity below 15%-12.0%
  • !
    A profit in 9 of 10 years
Net margin, FY2017 to FY2026: 10.6% → -0.5%

Balance sheet

0 of 4
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    Interest covered less than 5 timesOperating income is 1.5× interest expense
  • !
    Debt larger than equityDebt / equity 1.83 on the latest balance sheet (peer median 0.82)
  • !
    Current ratio below 1Current ratio 0.70
  • !
    Net debt over 3 years of free cash flow$13.2B net debt, 8.5 years
Debt / equity at each year end, FY2017 to FY2026: 2.19 → 1.84
What the debt is made of ↓

Cash and shareholders

3 of 3
  • ✓
    Free cash flow positive in every one of 10 years$1.6B last year
  • ✓
    Share count down over 5 years−13.1%
  • ✓
    Dividend per share up over 5 years$2.02 → $2.44
Free cash flow, FY2017 to FY2026: 1.7B → 1.6B

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What the debt is made of, and when it is due

balance sheet of Aug 30, 2026
Debt: $13.6B Debt$13.6B Long-term debt: $12.4B · 91% Long-term debt$12.4B · 91% Due within a year: $1.0B · 8% Due within a year$1.0B · 8% Short-term borrowings: $201.6M · 1% Short-term borrowings$201.6M · 1%

The debt note's own lines, 2026-05-31

Fixed rate $0Floating $60.0M Not stated $13.8B

Line, as the company names itKindRateFixed or floatingAmount
Senior notes due fiscal 2032 - 2051Notes and bonds–not stated$5.9B
Junior subordinated notes due fiscal 2057Subordinated–not stated$2.0B
Senior notes due fiscal 2030Notes and bonds–not stated$1.5B
Senior notes due fiscal 2028Notes and bonds–not stated$1.4B
Senior notes due fiscal 2029Notes and bonds–not stated$1.4B
Senior notes due fiscal 2027Notes and bonds–not stated$1.1B
Senior notes due fiscal 2031Notes and bonds–not stated$583.0M
U.S. commercial paperCommercial paper3.80%floating$60.0M
Financial institutions–4.60%not stated$8.4M

From the debt note in the 10-K's XBRL (0001628280-26-046466), as the company tags it: by issue, by year, by currency or by kind. Lines from two ways of cutting the same debt can overlap, so they are not added up. Fixed or floating is read from the line's own name only; "not stated" when it says neither.

Left: the debt lines on the balance sheet (XBRL). Right: the principal due each year, from the debt note's maturity schedule; it can differ a little from the balance sheet, which shows the debt net of discounts and fees. Leases are not counted. The full schedule →

Revenue and net income, FY2017 to FY2026

Revenue 18.4B Net income -87.6M
FY2017 revenue 15.6B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-19-184675 FY2017 net income 1.7B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-19-184675 15.6B FY2017 FY2018 revenue 15.7B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-20-186469 FY2018 net income 2.1B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-20-186469 15.7B FY2018 FY2019 revenue 16.9B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-21-204830 FY2019 net income 1.8B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-21-204830 16.9B FY2019 FY2020 revenue 17.6B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-22-185257 FY2020 net income 2.2B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-22-185257 17.6B FY2020 FY2021 revenue 18.1B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-23-177500 FY2021 net income 2.3B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-23-177500 18.1B FY2021 FY2022 revenue 19.0B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-24-168943 FY2022 net income 2.7B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-24-168943 19.0B FY2022 FY2023 revenue 20.1B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001193125-25-147079 FY2023 net income 2.6B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001193125-25-147079 20.1B FY2023 FY2024 revenue 19.9B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001628280-26-046466 FY2024 net income 2.5B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001628280-26-046466 19.9B FY2024 FY2025 revenue 19.5B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001628280-26-046466 FY2025 net income 2.3B · NetIncomeLoss, 0001628280-26-046466 19.5B FY2025 FY2026 revenue 18.4B · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, 0001628280-26-046466 FY2026 net income -87.6M · NetIncomeLoss, 0001628280-26-046466 18.4B FY2026

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GIS's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.

Revenue18.4B
FY2017: 15.6BFY2018: 15.7BFY2019: 16.9BFY2020: 17.6BFY2021: 18.1BFY2022: 19.0BFY2023: 20.1BFY2024: 19.9BFY2025: 19.5BFY2026: 18.4B FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026
Net income-87.6M
FY2017: 1.7BFY2018: 2.1BFY2019: 1.8BFY2020: 2.2BFY2021: 2.3BFY2022: 2.7BFY2023: 2.6BFY2024: 2.5BFY2025: 2.3BFY2026: -87.6M FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026
Free cash flow1.6B
FY2017: 1.7BFY2018: 2.2BFY2019: 2.3BFY2020: 3.2BFY2021: 2.5BFY2022: 2.7BFY2023: 2.1BFY2024: 2.5BFY2025: 2.3BFY2026: 1.6B FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026
EPS (diluted)-0.16
FY2017: 2.77FY2018: 3.64FY2019: 2.90FY2020: 3.56FY2021: 3.78FY2022: 4.42FY2023: 4.31FY2024: 4.31FY2025: 4.10FY2026: -0.16 FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026
Dividend per share2.44
FY2017: 1.92FY2018: 1.96FY2019: 1.96FY2020: 1.96FY2021: 2.02FY2022: 2.04FY2023: 2.16FY2024: 2.36FY2025: 2.40FY2026: 2.44 FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026
Diluted shares537.7M
FY2017: 598.0MFY2018: 585.7MFY2019: 605.4MFY2020: 613.3MFY2021: 619.1MFY2022: 612.6MFY2023: 601.2MFY2024: 579.5MFY2025: 557.5MFY2026: 537.7M FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026

The segments changed

10-K filed 2026-07-01

Compared with the 10-K of Jun 26, 2025: no longer reported: Canada Operating Unit, United States Cereal Operating Unit, United States Meals And Baking Operating Unit, United States Snacks Operating Unit.

When a company changes its segments, the years before are usually recast, so growth by segment is not comparable with what earlier 10-Ks showed. Found by comparing the segments with revenue in the last two 10-Ks (XBRL) and by the 10-K's own words, without AI.

Revenue by business segment

year to May 31, 2026
RevenueSharevs year before
North America Retail 10.6B57.4% -11.2%
International 3.0B16.5% +8.8%
North America Pet 2.6B14.2% +5.8%
North America Foodservice 2.2B11.8% -5.7%

10-K 0001628280-26-046466, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).

Revenue by product or service

year to May 31, 2026
RevenueSharevs year before
Snacks 4.1B22.5% -1.2%
Cereal 3.1B16.8% +0.4%
Convenient meals 2.9B15.6% +1.9%
Pet 2.8B15.0% +7.0%
Dough 2.4B13.0% +0.5%
Baking mixes and ingredients 1.9B10.5% -0.7%
Super-premium ice cream 782.7M4.2% +8.5%
Other 352.3M1.9% -7.6%
Yogurt 102.0M0.6% -92.7%

10-K 0001628280-26-046466, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).

Revenue by region

year to May 31, 2026
RevenueSharevs year before
United States 14.7B79.8% -6.8%
Non-United States 3.7B20.2% +0.4%

10-K 0001628280-26-046466, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).

Income statement

From EDGAR
FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue15.6B15.7B16.9B17.6B18.1B19.0B20.1B19.9B19.5B18.4B
Cost of revenue10.1B10.3B11.1B11.5B11.7B12.6B13.5B12.9B12.8B12.2B
R&D218.2M219.1M221.9M224.4M239.3M243.1M257.6M257.8M256.6M256.0M
SG&A2.9B2.9B2.9B3.2B3.1B3.1B3.5B3.3B3.4B3.4B
Operating income2.5B2.4B2.5B3.0B3.1B3.5B3.4B3.4B3.3B885.8M
Interest expense295.1M373.7M521.8M466.5M420.3M379.6M382.1M479.2M524.2M573.9M
Pretax income2.3B2.1B2.1B2.6B2.9B3.2B3.1B3.0B2.8B405.5M
Income tax655.2M57.3M367.8M480.5M629.1M586.3M612.2M594.5M573.7M414.3M
Net income1.7B2.1B1.8B2.2B2.3B2.7B2.6B2.5B2.3B-87.6M
EPS (diluted)2.773.642.903.563.784.424.314.314.10-0.16
Diluted shares598.0M585.7M605.4M613.3M619.1M612.6M601.2M579.5M557.5M537.7M
Depreciation & amortization603.6M618.8M620.1M594.7M601.3M570.3M546.6M552.7M539.0M555.2M
EBITDA3.1B3.0B3.1B3.5B3.7B4.0B4.0B4.0B3.8B1.4B
Operating margin16.0%15.4%14.9%16.8%17.3%18.3%17.1%17.3%17.0%4.8%
Net margin10.6%13.5%10.4%12.4%12.9%14.3%12.9%12.6%11.8%-0.5%
Revenue growth-+0.8%+7.1%+4.5%+2.8%+4.8%+5.8%-1.2%-1.9%-5.4%
EPS growth-+31.4%-20.3%+22.8%+6.2%+16.9%-2.5%0.0%-4.9%-104%

Stock-based pay and leases

From EDGAR
FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Stock-based pay (expense)95.7M77.0M84.9M94.9M89.9M98.7M111.7M95.3M91.7M79.4M
Stock-based pay / revenue0.6%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.4%
Operating lease cost---133.5M132.7M129.7M127.6M128.9M145.7M138.5M
Operating lease cash paid---131.0M132.0M128.7M129.9M129.7M152.7M140.6M
Right-of-use assets--0365.2M378.6M336.8M340.0M366.1M399.1M384.8M
Operating lease liabilities--0379.0M394.4M355.0M358.9M385.0M418.1M402.4M
Finance lease liabilities---200K1.8M1.2M2.3M1.6M1.0M400K

From SEC's XBRL company facts (data.sec.gov). EBITDA = operating income + depreciation and amortization; free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital spending; total debt = long-term debt (with its current part) + short-term borrowings. Stock-based pay and leases are shown as the company reports them; Tickdelta does not take them out of earnings or add leases to debt. Click a number to open the filing in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer, where you can click the same number to see how it is tagged. Values a company later revised show as revised; the Revised numbers tab lists the changes.

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