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Up 8% on Oct 22, and still 5% over its Oct 21 close.
“General Mills brings Epic into meat sticks.”
| Since its 2023 high | Down 62% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 2 |
After its last 4 reports it closed +2.5% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Poorfor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
GIS is #4 of 4 by Quality Score among Grain Mill Products.
Net income over four quarters: GIS -$895M, POST $293M, FRPT $203M.
Expected to report Wed Dec 23, before the open (in 51 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
GIS's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Organic net sales | between down 1.5 percent and up 0.5 percent |
“For fiscal 2027, the company expects category growth to be consistent with recent trends and below its long-term historical growth rate, driven by a continued challenging consumer backdrop.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Sep 23)
Sales grew 0.3% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2021 to 2026.
Pays $2.44 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | +0.8% | +1.0% | -4.6% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | +8.4% | +8.5% | +4.4% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | -0.2% | -3.0% | -5.0% |
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $18B in 2026. It lost money in 2026 after a profit in 2025.
Its dividends come to 84% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $2.44 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $1.3B a year |
| Free cash flow | $1.5B |
3 insiders sold $1.2M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
21 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: GIS is 0.4% of SCHD, under 0.1% of VYM, and under 0.1% of SPYI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
General Mills is a global packaged-food company that produces snacks, cereal, convenient meals, dough, baking mixes and ingredients, pet food, and superpremium ice cream. Its largest brands are Nature Valley, Cheerios, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Blue Buffalo, and Haagen-Dazs. In fiscal 2026, 80% of its revenue was derived from the United States, although the company also operates in Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Latin America. Although most of General Mills' products are sold through retail stores to consumers, the company also sells products to the foodservice channel and the commercial baking industry.
“The human and pet food categories are highly competitive, with numerous manufacturers of varying sizes in the United States and throughout the world.”
GIS scores -2 today, which Breakaway calls Poor. It is #4 of 4 in Grain Mill Products by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 8% on Oct 22, and still 5% over its Oct 21 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
GIS scores -2 today, which Breakaway calls Poor (below zero). That is #4 of 4 in Grain Mill Products by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind GIS's -2.
3 insiders sold $1.2M across 4 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Pankaj Mn Sharma, Segment President, who sold $197K on Oct 1. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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