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General Mills

Consumer StaplesFood ProductsS&P 500
Ticker GISMINNEAPOLIS, MNFiscal year ends MayBook value per share $13.85Diluted shares 537.9M

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) makes and markets branded human and pet foods for consumers and foodservice customers worldwide. Its products span snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, convenient meals, natural pet food, refrigerated and frozen dough, baking mixes and ingredients, and super-premium ice cream. Customers include… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2026, General Mills reported revenue of $18.42B, down 5.4% from fiscal 2025, and a net loss of $85.30M. Its operating margin was 4.8%, and operations generated $2.17B in cash. Over the twelve months to Aug 30, 2026, revenue was $18.30B.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 05-30Changes are against fiscal 2025The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-08-30
Sales & profitability
$18.42BFY2026
−5.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $18.30B
4.81%FY2026
−12.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo -1.13%
$-85.30MFY2026
−103.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $-891.20M
-2.06%FY2026
−27.7 percentage points
Last 12 mo -12.01%
Cash & financing
$2.17BFY2026
−25.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.07B
$1.63BFY2026
−29.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.55B
1.84FY2026
Was 1.62× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 1.83
537.7MFY2026
−3.9% year over year
Last 12 mo 537.9M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What General Mills does

In the company’s own words

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) makes and markets branded human and pet foods for consumers and foodservice customers worldwide. Its products span snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, convenient meals, natural pet food, refrigerated and frozen dough, baking mixes and ingredients, and super-premium ice cream. Customers include grocery and mass retailers, e-commerce businesses, restaurants, foodservice distributors and operators, and pet specialty stores. General Mills manages its business through four segments: North America Retail, International, North America Pet, and North America Foodservice. It also holds 50 percent interests in Cereal Partners Worldwide, which markets cereal outside North America, and Häagen-Dazs Japan, which sells ice cream in Japan. Its brands include Cheerios, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Blue Buffalo, Annie’s, Progresso, Totino’s, and Häagen-Dazs. As of May 31, 2026, the company operated 41 food-production facilities and had approximately 30,000 employees. Its website is https://www.generalmills.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry (SIC)
Food Products
Headquarters
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Fiscal year end
May
CIK
40704
SIC
2040

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2014–2026 · USD
$-2.99B$3.31B$9.60B$15.90B$22.19B2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns General Mills — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

651
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$6.48B
held by funds, at market
34.9%
of shares held by funds
20
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · General Mills’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.03%of fund net assets
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF
SCHD · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
0.45%of fund net assets
iShares Select Dividend ETF
DVY · iShares Trust
—of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV · iShares Trust
0.03%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

General Mills’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 20 issues of General Mills’s debt, $870.99M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.33%, maturing 2027 to 2056.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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