General Mills (NYSE:GIS) Dividend Yield %

: 2.50% (As of Today)

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As of today (2023-03-28), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of General Mills is 2.50%.

Warning Sign:

General Mills Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for General Mills's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

GIS' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.42 Med: 3.11 Max: 5.24
Current: 2.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of General Mills was 5.24%. The lowest was 2.42%. And the median was 3.11%.

GIS's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
55.73% of 1039 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.28 vs GIS: 2.50

General Mills's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Feb. 2023 was 0.59.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of General Mills was 0.85. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 0.55.

As of today (2023-03-28), the Forward Dividend Yield % of General Mills is 2.53%.

General Mills's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2023 was $0.54.

During the past 12 months, General Mills's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of General Mills was 49.00% per year. The lowest was 0.60% per year. And the median was 8.25% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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General Mills Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for General Mills's Dividend Yield % 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

Dividend Yield %

4.63

3.96

3.11

3.21

2.92

General Mills Quarterly Data
	May18	Aug18	Nov18	Feb19	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23
Dividend Yield %																3.03	2.92	2.70	2.46	2.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, General Mills's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

General Mills Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, General Mills's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where General Mills's Dividend Yield % falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Dividend Yield %'s extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

General Mills Dividend Yield % Calculation

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 0.540	2023-01-09	2023-01-10	2023-02-01	Cash Dividend	quarterly	USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.540	2022-10-06	2022-10-10	2022-11-01	Cash Dividend	quarterly	USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.540	2022-07-07	2022-07-08	2022-08-01	Cash Dividend	quarterly	USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.510	2022-04-07	2022-04-08	2022-05-02	Cash Dividend	quarterly	USD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

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

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield	=	Most Recent Full Year Dividend	/	Current Share Price
	=	2.13	/	84.77
	=	2.51 %

Current Share Price is $84.77.
General Mills's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.13.

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

Forward Annual Dividend Yield	=	Forward Full Year Dividend	/	Current Share Price
	=	2.16	/	84.77
	=	2.55 %

Current Share Price is $84.77.
General Mills's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.54 * 4 = $2.16.

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

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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General Mills (NYSE:GIS) Business Description

Industry

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Address

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

Website

https://www.generalmills.com

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 2022, 77% 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.

Executives

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
Paul Joseph Gallagher	officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer	1 GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jaime Montemayor	officer: Chief Technology Officer	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Mark A Pallot	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Jo Ann Jenkins	director	2211 SOUTH 47TH STREET, PHOENIX AZ 85034
Dana M Mcnabb	officer: Group President	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Elizabeth Cahill Lempres	director	TWO COMMERCE SQUARE, 2001 MARKET STREET, SUITE 3600, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Sean N Walker	officer: Group President	NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Diane L Neal	director
Jodi J Benson	officer: Chief Innovation Officer	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Maria Sastre	director	C/O DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC., 1000 DARDEN CENTER DRIVE, ORLANDO FL 32837
Bishop William W Jr	officer: Group President	C/O BLUE BUFFALO PET PRODUCTS, INC., 11 RIVER ROAD, WILTON CT 06897
Kofi A Bruce	officer: Vice President	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Ivan Pollard	officer: Senior Vice President	GENERAL MILLS, INC., ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD., MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426