General Mills, Inc.

NYSE:GIS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$23.8b

General Mills Valuation

Is GIS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of GIS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: GIS ($44.62) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($98.69)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: GIS is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GIS?

Key metric: As GIS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GIS. This is calculated by dividing GIS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GIS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.4x
EarningsUS$2.53b
Market CapUS$23.81b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GIS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GIS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average43.3x
TSN Tyson Foods
112.4x32.89%US$22.5b
MKC McCormick
23.3x7.59%US$18.4b
JBS JBS
8.8x4.07%US$18.1b
HRL Hormel Foods
28.7x11.70%US$13.7b
GIS General Mills
9.4x-7.83%US$23.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GIS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.4x) compared to the peer average (43.3x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GIS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IDBH.F Industrias Bachoco. de
0.05xn/aUS$30.00m
HERB Humanoid
0.9xn/aUS$7.39m
GCEH.Q Global Clean Energy Holdings
n/an/aUS$50.00
GLGL.F GLG Life Tech
0.000005xn/aUS$38.00
No more companies available in this PE range
GIS 9.4xIndustry Avg. 24.6xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GIS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.4x) compared to the US Food industry average (24.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GIS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GIS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.4x
Fair PE Ratio13.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GIS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GIS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$44.62
US$49.26
+10.41%
11.65%US$63.00US$42.00n/a19
Feb ’27US$46.26
US$52.42
+13.32%
9.63%US$63.00US$46.00n/a19
Jan ’27US$46.50
US$52.58
+13.07%
9.53%US$63.00US$46.00n/a19
Dec ’26US$47.07
US$53.37
+13.38%
9.12%US$63.00US$46.00n/a19
Nov ’26US$46.61
US$53.53
+14.84%
8.98%US$63.00US$46.00n/a19
Oct ’26US$50.70
US$53.53
+5.57%
8.98%US$63.00US$46.00n/a19
Sep ’26US$49.33
US$54.80
+11.09%
9.35%US$63.00US$45.00n/a20
Aug ’26US$48.94
US$55.20
+12.79%
8.39%US$63.00US$48.00n/a20
Jul ’26US$53.19
US$56.20
+5.65%
9.99%US$68.00US$48.00n/a21
Jun ’26US$54.26
US$61.64
+13.60%
9.30%US$72.11US$52.00n/a22
May ’26US$55.58
US$62.10
+11.72%
8.82%US$72.11US$53.00n/a22
Apr ’26US$59.72
US$62.67
+4.94%
8.29%US$72.11US$53.00n/a21
Mar ’26US$60.62
US$66.92
+10.39%
8.08%US$79.00US$58.00n/a20
Feb ’26US$60.14
US$70.27
+16.84%
7.50%US$84.00US$62.00US$46.2620
Jan ’26US$63.77
US$71.02
+11.37%
7.81%US$84.00US$62.00US$46.5020
Dec ’25US$66.26
US$74.11
+11.85%
6.03%US$84.00US$67.00US$47.0720
Nov ’25US$68.24
US$74.76
+9.56%
5.46%US$84.00US$67.00US$46.6120
Oct ’25US$74.62
US$74.21
-0.55%
6.49%US$84.00US$63.00US$50.7020
Sep ’25US$72.29
US$68.81
-4.82%
5.08%US$76.00US$62.00US$49.3320
Aug ’25US$67.67
US$68.01
+0.50%
4.67%US$74.00US$62.00US$48.9419
Jul ’25US$63.30
US$68.92
+8.88%
5.02%US$78.00US$63.00US$53.1919
Jun ’25US$68.75
US$71.78
+4.40%
5.03%US$78.00US$61.00US$54.2620
May ’25US$69.99
US$71.69
+2.42%
5.83%US$78.00US$61.00US$55.5821
Apr ’25US$70.13
US$71.59
+2.08%
5.89%US$78.00US$61.00US$59.7221
Mar ’25US$63.94
US$69.06
+8.01%
7.64%US$82.20US$58.00US$60.6220
Feb ’25US$64.83
US$68.63
+5.86%
8.01%US$82.20US$58.00US$60.1421
US$49.26
Fair Value
9.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/23 14:53
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/20 00:00
Earnings2025/11/23
Annual Earnings2025/05/25

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

General Mills, Inc. is covered by 40 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Andrew LazarBarclays
Alexia HowardBernstein