General Mills (General Mills) Accounts Receivable

: $1,771 Mil (As of Feb. 2024)

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Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. General Mills's accounts receivables for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1,771 Mil.

Accounts receivable can be measured by Days Sales Outstanding. General Mills's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 31.69.

In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital, accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value. General Mills's Net-Net Working Capital per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $-32.93.

General Mills Accounts Receivable Historical Data

The historical data trend for General Mills's Accounts Receivable can be seen below:

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General Mills Annual Data

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May15

May16

May17

May18

May19

May20

May21

May22

May23

Accounts Receivable

1,679.70

1,615.10

1,638.50

1,692.10

1,683.20

General Mills Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Accounts Receivable																1,770.20	1,683.20	1,791.10	1,758.80	1,771.10

General Mills Accounts Receivable Calculation

Accounts Receivable is money owed to a business by customers and shown on its Balance Sheet as an asset.

General Mills Accounts Receivable Explanation

1. Accounts Receivable are created when a customer has received a product but has not yet paid for that product. Days Sales Outstanding measures of the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. It is a financial ratio that illustrates how well a company's accounts receivables are being managed.

General Mills's Days Sales Outstanding for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

	Days Sales Outstanding
=	Accounts Receivable	/	Revenue	*	Days in Period
=	1771.1	/	5099.2	*	91
=	31.69

2. In Ben Graham's calculation of Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), General Mills's accounts receivable are only considered to be worth 75% of book value:

General Mills's Net-Net Working Capital Per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

	Net-Net Working Capital Per Share
=	(Cash And Cash Equivalents	+	0.75 * Accounts Receivable	+	0.5 * Total Inventories	-	Total Liabilities
-	Preferred Stock	-	Minority Interest)	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=	(588.6	+	0.75 * 1771.1	+	0.5 * 1828	-	21169.2
-	0	-	254.5)	/	564.532
=	-32.93

Be Aware

Net receivables tells us a great deal about the different competitors in the same industry. In competitive industries, some attempt to gain advantage by offering better credit terms, causing increase in sales and receivables.

If company consistently shows lower % Net receivables to gross sales than competitors, then it usually has some kind of competitive advantage which requires further digging.

Average Days Sales Outstanding is a good indicator for measuring a company's sales channel and customers. A company may book great revenue and earnings growth but never receive payment from their customers. This may force a write-off in the future and depress future earnings.

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General Mills (General Mills) Business Description

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Address

Number One General Mills Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55426

Website

https://www.generalmills.com

General Mills is a global packaged food company that produces snacks, cereal, convenient meals, yogurt, dough, baking mixes and ingredients, pet food, and superpremium ice cream. Its largest brands are Nature Valley, Cheerios, Old El Paso, Yoplait, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Blue Buffalo, and Haagen-Dazs. In fiscal 2023, 81% of its revenue was derived from the United States, although the company also operates in Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Latin America. While 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.

Executives

Werner Lanette Shaffer	officer: Chief Innovation Officer	ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
David Cordani	director	THE CIGNA GROUP, 900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Mark A Pallot	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jodi J Benson	officer: Chief Innovation Officer	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jacqueline Williams-roll	officer: Senior Vice President	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Bethany C. Quam	officer: Group President	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jonathon Nudi	officer: Senior Vice President	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Sean N Walker	officer: Group President	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Shawn P Ogrady	officer: SVP, Pres, Consumer Food Sales	ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jeffrey L Harmening	officer: Executive Vice President	ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Dana M Mcnabb	officer: Group President	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
C Kim Goodwin	director	C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Karen Wilson Thissen	officer: General Counsel & Secretary	1098 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474
John R Church	officer: SVP, Supply Chain	ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Richard C Allendorf	officer: Senior Vice President	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426