| Company Name: | General Mills, Incorporated | | Ticker Symbol: | GIS | | | WWW Address: | www.generalmills.com | | CEO: | Kendall J. Powell | | No. of Employees: | 30,000 | | Common Issue Type: | CS | | Business Description: | The Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores.
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| | | Industry Information: | FOOD & BEVERAGE - Processed & Packaged Goods [more like this] |
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| Price | Day Change | Bid | Ask | Open | High | Low | Volume | | 68.34 |  0.0 | 67.9 | 68.79 | 0 | 68.70 | 67.93 | - |
| Market Cap (mil) | Shares Outstanding (mil) | Beta | EPS | DPS | P/E | Yield | 52-Wks-Range |
| 22,319.8 | 326.6 | 0.30 | 3.80 | 1.72 | 16.0 | 2.8 | 68.70 - 46.37 |
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| KEY FIGURES (Latest Twelve Months - LTM) | | Yesterday's Close | 68.34 | $ | | PE Ratio - LTM | 16.0 | |
| Market Capitalisation | 22,318.7 | mil |
| Latest Shares Outstanding | 326.6 | mil |
| Earnings pS (EPS) | 3.80 | $ |
| Dividend pS (DPS) | 1.72 | ¢ |
| Dividend Yield | 2.8 | % |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 45 | % |
| Revenue per Employee | 489,710 | $ |
| Effective Tax Rate | 35.6 | % |
| Float | 325.5 | mil |
| Float as % of Shares Outstanding | 99.7 | % |
| Foreign Sales | 2,634 | mil |
| Domestic Sales | 12,057 | mil |
| Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue | 20.40 | % |
| Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue | 0.00 | % |
| Gross Profit Margin | 40.5 | % |
| EBITDA Margin | 20.1 | % |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin | 15.2 | % |
| Assets Turnover | 0.8 | % |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 8.0 | % |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 26.8 | % |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) | 13.0 | % |
| Current Ratio | 1.0 | |
| Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) | 3.4 | |
| Interest Cover | 6.8 | |
| Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) | 1.33 | |
| LT Debt/Total Capital | 52.0 | % |
| Working Capital pS | 0.49 | $ |
| Cash pS | 2.18 | $ |
| Book-Value pS | 16.52 | $ |
| Tangible Book-Value pS | -15.39 | $ |
| Cash Flow pS | 5.82 | $ |
| Free Cash Flow pS | 2.23 | $ |
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| KEY FIGURES (LTM): Price info |
| Price/Book Ratio | 4.14 | |
| Price/Tangible Book Ratio | -4.44 | |
| Price/Cash Flow | 11.7 | |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 30.6 | |
| P/E as % of Industry Group | 69.0 | % |
| P/E as % of Sector Segment | 81.0 | % |
| | | Balance Sheet (at a glance) in Millions |
| | | | | | DIVIDEND INFO | | Dividend Declared Date | 09/21/2009 |
| Dividend Ex-Date | 10/06/2009 |
| Dividend Record Date | 10/11/2009 |
| Dividend Pay Date | 11/01/2009 |
| Dividend Amount | 470 |
| Type of Payment | Cash Payment |
| Dividend Rate | 1.88 |
| Current Dividend Yield | 2.8 |
| 5-Y Average Dividend Yield | 2.7 |
| Payout Ratio | 45.0 |
| 5-Y Average Payout Ratio | 44.0 |
|  | | Share price performance previous 3 years |
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| PRICE/VOLUME | High | Low | Close | % Price Chg | % Price Chg vs. Mkt. | Avg. Daily Vol | Total Vol |
| 1 Week | - | - | - | 0.6 | 99 | 16,916 | 16,028 |
| 4 Weeks | 68.70 | 64.48 | 65.92 | 3.7 | 97 | 19,549 | 312,778 |
| 13 Weeks | 68.70 | 57.98 | 58.97 | 15.9 | 108 | 23,992 | 1,439,493 |
| 26 Weeks | 68.70 | 50.91 | 51.18 | 33.5 | 111 | 25,986 | 3,222,318 |
| 52 Weeks | 68.70 | 46.37 | 63.17 | 8.2 | 88 | 31,621 | 7,841,972 |
| YTD | 68.70 | 46.37 | - | 12.5 | 92 | 31,323 | 7,078,973 |
| Moving Average | 5-Days | 10-Days | 10-Weeks | 30-Weeks | 200-Days | Beta (60-Mnth) | Beta (36-Mnth) |
| 67.77 | 67.56 | 65.38 | 59.47 | 57.20 | 0.30 | 0.31 |
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| GROWTH RATES | 5-Year
Growh | R² of 5-Year Growth | 3-Year
Growth |
| Revenue | 5.98 | 94.2 | 7.03 |
| Income | 7.50 | 88.5 | 9.13 |
| Dividend | 8.26 | 99.4 | 7.80 |
| Capital Spending | 1.28 | NA | 11.76 |
| R&D | 0.00 | NA | 0.00 |
| Normalized Inc. | 9.15 | NA | 8.18 |
| | | CHANGES | YTD vs.
Last YTD | Curr Qtr vs.
Qtr 1-Yr ago | Annual vs.
Last Annual |
| Revenue % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.6 |
| Earnings % | 12.6 | 51.0 | 0.7 |
| EPS % | 58.2 | 58.2 | 2.4 |
| EPS $ | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.09 |
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| SOLVENCY RATIOS | | SHORT-TERM SOLVENCY RATIOS (LIQUIDITY) |
| Net Working Capital Ratio | -0.40 |
| Current Ratio | 1.0 |
| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) | 0.5 |
| Liquidity Ratio (Cash) | 0.21 |
| Receivables Turnover | 12.7 |
| Average Collection Period | 28 |
| Working Capital/Equity | -1.4 |
| Working Capital pS | -0.22 |
| Cash-Flow pS | 5.36 |
| Free Cash-Flow pS | 2.09 |
| FINANCIAL STRUCTURE RATIOS |
| Altman's Z-Score Ratio | 2.44 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) | 3.5 |
| Debt Ratio | 71.1 |
| Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) | 1.37 |
| LT Debt/Equity | 1.11 |
| LT Debt/Capital Invested | 83.2 |
| LT Debt/Total Liabilities | 45.3 |
| Interest Cover | 6.2 |
| Interest/Capital Invested | 2.73 |
| | | | VALUATION RATIOS | | MULTIPLES |
| PQ Ratio | 36.60 |
| Tobin's Q Ratio | 1.25 |
| Current P/E Ratio - LTM | 16.00 |
| Enterprise Value (EV)/EBITDA | 12.54 |
| Enterprise Value (EV)/Free Cash Flow | 52.85 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.8 |
| Price/Tangible Book Ratio - LTM | -4.44 |
| Price/Book Ratio - LTM | 4.14 |
| Price/Cash Flow Ratio | 11.7 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow Ratio - LTM | 30.6 |
| Price/Sales Ratio | 1.52 |
| P/E Ratio (1 month ago) - LTM | 15.2 |
| P/E Ratio (26 weeks ago) - LTM | 15.7 |
| P/E Ratio (52 weeks ago) - LTM | 17.2 |
| 5-Y High P/E Ratio | 19.3 |
| 5-Y Low P/E Ratio | 12.2 |
| 5-Y Average P/E Ratio | 16.7 |
| Current P/E Ratio as % of 5-Y Average P/E | 96 |
| P/E as % of Industry Group | 69.0 |
| P/E as % of Sector Segment | 81.0 |
| Current 12 Month Normalized P/E Ratio - LTM | 17.1 |
| PER SHARE FIGURES |
| LT Debt pS | 17.55 |
| Current Liabilities pS | 10.99 |
| Tangible Book Value pS - LTM | -15.39 |
| Book Value pS - LTM | 16.52 |
| Capital Invested pS | 33.47 |
| Cash pS - LTM | 2.18 |
| Cash Flow pS - LTM | 5.82 |
| Free Cash Flow pS - LTM | 2.23 |
| Earnings pS (EPS) | 3.80 |
| | | | OPERATING RATIOS | | PROFITABILITY RATIOS |
| Free Cash Flow Margin | 4.67 |
| Free Cash Flow Margin 5YEAR AVG | 6.13 |
| Net Profit Margin | 8.9 |
| Net Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 9.5 |
| Equity Productivity | 2.84 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 25.2 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 21.6 |
| Capital Invested Productivity | 1.34 |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) | 11.9 |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 12.6 |
| Assets Productivity | 0.80 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 7.3 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 6.6 |
| Gross Profit Margin | 40.5 |
| Gross Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 40.6 |
| EBITDA Margin - LTM | 20.1 |
| EBIT Margin - LTM | 17.8 |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin | 13.8 |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 14.5 |
| Effective Tax Rate | 35.6 |
| Effective Tax Rate - 5YEAR AVRG. | 33.6 |
| EFFICIENCY RATIOS |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 77 |
| Revenue per Employee | 489,710 |
| Net Income per Employee | 43,480 |
| Average Collection Period | 23 |
| Receivables Turnover | 12.7 |
| Day's Inventory Turnover Ratio | 54 |
| Inventory Turnover | 6.6 |
| Inventory/Sales | 9.2 |
| Accounts Payble/Sales | 11.00 |
| Assets/Revenue | 1.25 |
| Net Working Capital Turnover | -206.63 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 1.02 |
| Total Assets Turnover | 0.8 |
| Revenue per $ Cash | 19.59 |
| Revenue per $ Plant | 4.84 |
| Revenue per $ Common Equity | 2.84 |
| Revenue per $ Capital Invested | 1.34 |
| Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue | 20.1 |
| SG&A Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. | 20.5 |
| Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue | 0.0 |
| R&D Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. | 0.0 |
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