General Mills, Inc [NYSE: GIS] surged by $4909946.53 during the normal trading session on Tuesday and reaching a high of $53.68 during the day while it closed the day at $4910000.0.
General Mills, Inc stock has also loss -0.22% of its value over the past 7 days. However, GIS stock has declined by -8.18% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -16.43% and lost -19.91% year-on date.
The market cap for GIS stock reached $29.25 billion, with 547.50 million shares outstanding and 545.60 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.91M shares, GIS reached a trading volume of 6882579 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about General Mills, Inc [GIS]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GIS shares is $58.72 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GIS stock is a recommendation set at 2.87. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Goldman have made an estimate for General Mills, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on June 09, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price to Sell. The new note on the price target was released on April 23, 2025, representing the official price target for General Mills, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $53, while Morgan Stanley analysts kept a Underweight rating on GIS stock. On March 10, 2025, analysts increased their price target for GIS shares from 58 to 62.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.16, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.95. Price to Free Cash Flow for GIS in the course of the last twelve months was 11.81 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.44.
GIS stock trade performance evaluation
General Mills, Inc [GIS] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.22. With this latest performance, GIS shares gained by 0.13% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -16.43% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -16.25% in the past year of trading.
General Mills, Inc [GIS]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and General Mills, Inc [GIS] shares currently have an operating margin of 18.58% and a Gross Margin at 35.63%. General Mills, Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 13.03%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 8.05%, with Return on Assets sitting at 8.05%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for General Mills, Inc [GIS] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GIS. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for General Mills, Inc go to -2.83%.
General Mills, Inc [GIS]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $86.50%, or 86.73% of GIS stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GIS stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 67.38 million shares, which is approximately 11.9001%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 54.94 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.48 billion in GIS stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.94 billion in GIS stock with ownership which is approximately 5.4106%.
