General Mills, Inc (NYSE: GIS)’s stock price has increased by 3.66 compared to its previous closing price of 62.22. However, the company has seen a 6.40% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-03-05 that MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–General Mills (NYSE: GIS) today announced Jon Nudi, Group President, North America Pet, International, and North America Foodservice, will retire on June 30, 2025, following a highly successful career with the company spanning more than three decades. Liz Mascolo, currently President for North America Blue Buffalo, will be promoted to Segment President, North America Pet and join the General Mills Senior Leadership Team effective March 16, 2025. “Jon will leave a l.
Is It Worth Investing in General Mills, Inc (NYSE: GIS) Right Now?
General Mills, Inc (NYSE: GIS) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 14.03x compared to its average ratio. GIS has 36-month beta value of 0.13. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 16 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for GIS is 549.24M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.27% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GIS on March 10, 2025 was 4.76M shares.
GIS’s Market Performance
GIS stock saw an increase of 6.40% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 8.31% and a quarterly increase of -2.63%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.28%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.96% for General Mills, Inc (GIS). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 7.27% for GIS stock, with a simple moving average of -2.67% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GIS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GIS stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for GIS by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for GIS in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $64 based on the research report published on December 19, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GIS reach a price target of $80, previously predicting the price at $78. The rating they have provided for GIS stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on December 13th, 2024.
Goldman gave a rating of “Buy” to GIS, setting the target price at $76 in the report published on August 12th of the previous year.
GIS Trading at 6.50% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GIS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -15.02% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.96%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.28%, as shares surge +8.88% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +1.40% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GIS rose by +6.40%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -9.46% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $60.13. In addition, General Mills, Inc saw 1.14% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GIS starting from JEFFREY HARMENING, who proposed sale 11,379 shares at the price of $65.00 back on Mar 07 ’25. After this action, JEFFREY HARMENING now owns shares of General Mills, Inc, valued at $739,635 using the latest closing price.
Gallagher Paul Joseph, the Chief Supply Chain Officer of General Mills, Inc, sale 1,041 shares at $64.50 during a trade that took place back on Dec 20 ’24, which means that Gallagher Paul Joseph is holding 42,117 shares at $67,144 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GIS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.18 for the present operating margin
- 0.35 for the gross margin
The net margin for General Mills, Inc stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.14. Equity return is now at value 28.02, with 8.06 for asset returns.
Based on General Mills, Inc (GIS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.61 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.25. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.58. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 29.89.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.08 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.0. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.4. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.17for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.6. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.92.
Conclusion
To put it simply, General Mills, Inc (GIS) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
