General Mills, Inc. · GIS · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q3 2024

General Mills Maintains Guidance as Pet and Core Brands Gain Share

The quarter supports a measured recovery case: at-home consumption, brand investment, innovation, and pet-food share gains may help offset international weakness and consumer value-seeking. Management maintained guidance, but the evidence remains mixed across regions and categories.

Reported Before market openNYSEConsumer Defensive $17.71B market cap
100quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.07 Consensus $1.06
EPS surprise +0.9% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $4.85B Consensus $4.80B
Revenue surprise +1.0% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +0.7% Event window
SPY move -0.3% Same window
Abnormal move +1.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -5.3% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Management emphasized improving competitiveness, additional support for major brands, and expansion in pet food. New information included a Wilderness relaunch with grain-free and smaller-bag offerings, added Gushers capacity, use of yogurt-divestiture proceeds for repurchases, and a stated focus on $1-$2 billion bolt-on acquisitions.

Guidance delta

Management maintained FY2025 guidance.

Key takeaways

  • Management said competitiveness should improve in Q2, supported by brand investment and innovation.
  • Blue Buffalo and Wilderness were highlighted for share gains, new advertising, and product changes.
  • Brazil showed pricing-driven growth while China remained challenged.
  • Yogurt-divestiture proceeds are intended for share repurchases, with bolt-on acquisitions also under consideration.

Management priorities

  • Improve competitiveness across North American retail categories
  • Support pet brands with advertising, grain-free formulas, and smaller package sizes
  • Increase brand-support spending and launch products in snacks, cereal, and refrigerated dough
  • Pursue bolt-on acquisitions in the $1-$2 billion range

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
GIS EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '24 estimate $0.99 Q4 '24 actual $1.01, beat Q1 '25 estimate $1.06 Q1 '25 actual $1.07, match Q4 '25 estimate $0.71 Q4 '25 actual $0.74, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.82 Q1 '26 actual $0.86, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.03 Q2 '26 actual $1.10, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.73 Q3 '26 actual $0.64, miss Q4 '26 estimate $0.80 Q4 '26 actual $0.95, beat Q1 '27 estimate $0.72 Q1 '27 actual $0.75, beat Q2 '27 estimate $0.95 Q3 '27 estimate $0.69 Q4 '27 estimate $0.71
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold36 ratings
Bullish822.2%
Neutral2261.1%
Bearish616.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$33.13Current
$30Low
$56.86Average
$90High

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainSep 25, 2026
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainSep 24, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 24, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainSep 14, 2026
B of A Securities Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 1, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

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FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$37$34.83 +11.7%Sep 25, 2026
BernsteinAlexia Howard$30$35.28 -9.4%Sep 24, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$34$35.28 +2.6%Sep 24, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$38$35.85 +14.7%Sep 14, 2026
JefferiesAnalyst unavailable$35$37.09 +5.6%Sep 10, 2026
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Company context

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General Mills, Inc. functions as a prominent global producer and vendor of well-known consumer food brands. The company structures its widespread operations into five main divisions: North American retail, convenience stores and foodservice providers, Europe and Australia, Asia and Latin America, and a dedicated pet segment. Their broad catalog of products features a diverse range of items for consumers. This includes breakfast cereals, chilled yogurts, various soups, and ready-to-prepare meal kits. The offering also extends to refrigerated and frozen dough items, baking and dessert mixes, flours for culinary use, frozen pizzas and pizza snacks, along with an assortment of snack bars, fruit snacks, savory and grain snacks, and ice cream. For health-conscious consumers, they provide nutrition bars and wellness beverages, in addition to organic frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. Beyond direct consumer sales, General Mills supplies both branded and unbranded food goods to the North American foodservice sector and commercial bakeries.…

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