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General Mills Dividends per Share

: $2.00 (TTM As of Feb. 2021)
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General Mills's dividends per share for the three months ended in Feb. 2021 was $0.51. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2021 was $2.00. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Feb. 2021 was 0.53. As of today, General Mills's Dividend Yield % is 3.24%.

Warning Sign:

General Mills Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year low.

During the past 12 months, General Mills's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.70% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of General Mills was 48.90% per year. The lowest was -3.20% per year. And the median was 9.05% per year.

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General Mills Dividends per Share Historical Data

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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General Mills Annual Data
Trend May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20
Dividends per Share
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 1.92 1.96 1.96 1.96

General Mills Quarterly Data
May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21
Dividends per Share Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.51 0.51

General Mills Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.

General Mills  (NYSE:GIS) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

General Mills's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2021 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Feb. 2021 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Feb. 2021 )
=0.51/ 0.96
=0.53

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of General Mills was 0.85. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 0.55.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

General Mills Recent Full-Year Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.5102021-04-082021-04-092021-05-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.5102021-01-072021-01-082021-02-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.5102020-10-082020-10-092020-11-02Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4902020-07-092020-07-102020-08-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

General Mills's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.02/62.14
=3.25 %

Current Share Price is $62.14.
General Mills's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.02.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of General Mills was 5.24%. The lowest was 2.46%. And the median was 3.09%.

Warning Sign:

General Mills Inc stock dividend yield is close to 3-year low.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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