General Mills's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in May. 2022 was $53,235 Mil.
General Mills's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2022 was $3,593 Mil. General Mills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in May. 2022 was 6.75%.
The historical rank and industry rank for General Mills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
GIS'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.57 Med: 6.17 Max: 8.28
Current: 6.44
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of General Mills was 8.28%. The lowest was 4.57%. And the median was 6.17%.
GIS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 57.91% of 1832
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 4.94
vs GIS: 6.44
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. General Mills's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in May. 2022 was 11.26%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
General Mills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for General Mills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* 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
May13
May14
May15
May16
May17
May18
May19
May20
May21
May22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
6.06
5.84
5.96
6.54
6.75
General Mills Quarterly Data
Aug17
Nov17
Feb18
May18
Aug18
Nov18
Feb19
May19
Aug19
Nov19
Feb20
May20
Aug20
Nov20
Feb21
May21
Aug21
Nov21
Feb22
May22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
6.54
6.79
6.35
5.68
6.75
Competitive Comparison
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, General Mills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
General Mills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, General Mills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where General Mills's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
General Mills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
General Millss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2022 is calculated as
General Mills's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,593 Mil.
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation
Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.
Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.
Be Aware
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
General Mills Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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General Mills is a leading 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, and Haagen-Dazs. In fiscal 2021, 75% 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 into the food-service channel and the commercial baking industry.
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