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General Mills Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.53 (As of Feb. 2021)
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General Mills's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Feb. 2021 was 0.53.

NYSE:GIS' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42   Med: 0.55   Max: 0.85
Current: 0.49
0.42
0.85

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.

NYSE:GIS's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked lower than
63% of the 796 Companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.

( Industry Median: 0.36 vs. NYSE:GIS: 0.49 )

As of today (2021-04-23), the Dividend Yield % of General Mills is 3.27%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of General Mills was 5.24%. The lowest was 2.46%. And the median was 3.07%.

General Mills's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Feb. 2021 was $0.51.

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.

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.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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General Mills Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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General Mills Annual Data
May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20
Dividend Payout Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.64 0.69 0.54 0.68 0.55

General Mills Quarterly Data
May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21
Dividend Payout Ratio 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 0.66 0.48 0.48 0.46 0.53
Competitive Comparison
* 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.

General Mills Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where General Mills's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.


General Mills Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

General Mills's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2020 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (A: May. 2020 )/ EPS without NRI (A: May. 2020 )
=1.96/ 3.56
=0.55

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

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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