The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2022-08-09), General Mills's share price is $76.36. General Mills's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in May. 2022 was $17.60. Hence, General Mills's PB Ratio of today is 4.34.
The historical rank and industry rank for General Mills's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
GIS'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.35 Med: 4.53 Max: 8.9
Current: 4.34
During the past 13 years, General Mills's highest PB Ratio was 8.90. The lowest was 3.35. And the median was 4.53.
GIS's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 85.44% of 1738
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.50
vs GIS: 4.34
During the past 12 months, General Mills's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of General Mills was 323.70% per year. The lowest was -52.40% per year. And the median was 5.60% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
General Mills PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for General Mills's PB Ratio 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
PB Ratio
4.08
4.22
4.77
4.03
3.97
General Mills Quarterly Data
Aug17
Nov17
Feb18
May18
Aug18
Nov18
Feb19
May19
Aug19
Nov19
Feb20
May20
Aug20
Nov20
Feb21
May21
Aug21
Nov21
Feb22
May22
PB Ratio
4.03
3.62
3.91
4.14
3.97
Competitive Comparison
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, General Mills's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, General Mills's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where General Mills's PB Ratio falls into.
General Mills PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
General Mills's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
General Mills PB Ratio 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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