General Mills (GIS): financials, SEC filings and peers
General Mills (GIS) is a packaged foods & meats company in the Consumer Staples sector of the S&P 500, headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota.
It was founded in 1856 and joined the S&P 500 on March 4, 1957.
Its fiscal year ends in May, and its shares trade on the NYSE.
In its SEC filings it is classified as “Grain Mill Products”.
General Mills at a glance
- Revenue (12 months)
- $18.3B
- Revenue growth
- -4.5%
- Operating margin
- -1.1%
- Net income (12 months)
- −$895M
- Free cash flow (12 months)
- $1.5B
- Cash
- $433M
- Debt
- $13.7B
- Diluted EPS (12 months)
- $-1.66
Twelve months to August 30, 2026, from the 10-Q filed September 23, 2026.
Latest twelve months
Over the twelve months to August 30, 2026, General Mills reported revenue of $18.3 billion, down 4.5% from $19.2 billion a year earlier.
Its operating margin was -1.1%, down 23.0 percentage points from a year earlier: for every $100 of sales, about $0 was left as operating profit.
General Mills reported a net loss of $895 million over the period.
Operating cash flow was $2.1 billion and capital spending $521 million, leaving free cash flow of $1.5 billion (8.5% of revenue).
At the end of the period it held $433 million in cash and $13.7 billion in debt, a net debt position of $13.2 billion.
Five-year trend
- Revenue went from $2.2 billion in fiscal 2021 to $18.4 billion in fiscal 2026, about 53.1% a year.
- Operating margin narrowed from 143.7% to 4.8% over the same years.
- Free cash flow was positive in each of the last 6 fiscal years.
- General Mills reported a net loss in 1 of the last 6 fiscal years.
| Fiscal year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.1B | $2.0B | $2.0B | $19.5B | $18.4B |
| Revenue growth | -2.5% | -8.3% | 4.1% | 856.3% | -5.4% |
| Operating margin | 162.9% | 175.4% | 168.4% | 17.0% | 4.8% |
| Net income | $2.7B | $2.6B | $2.5B | $2.3B | −$88M |
| Free cash flow | $2.7B | $2.1B | $2.5B | $2.3B | $1.6B |
| Diluted EPS | $4.42 | $4.31 | $4.31 | $4.10 | $-0.16 |
Fiscal years as reported in General Mills’s 10-K filings. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital spending.
Recent SEC filings
Companies like General Mills
Other S&P 500 companies in Packaged Foods & Meats:
- HRLHormel FoodsAustin, Minnesota
- HSYHershey Company (The)Hershey, Pennsylvania
- KHCKraft HeinzChicago, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- MDLZMondelez InternationalChicago, Illinois
- MKCMcCormick & CompanyHunt Valley, Maryland
- SJMJ.M. Smucker Company (The)Orrville, Ohio
- TSNTyson FoodsSpringdale, Arkansas
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Questions about General Mills
Is General Mills's revenue growing?
No. Revenue for the twelve months to August 30, 2026 was $18.3 billion, down 4.5% from a year earlier, according to its SEC filings.
Is General Mills profitable?
Not over the latest twelve months: it reported a net loss of $895 million for the period to August 30, 2026.
Does General Mills have more cash or more debt?
At August 30, 2026 it had $433 million in cash and $13.7 billion in debt, so more debt than cash.
When did General Mills last file financial results?
Its latest quarterly report (10-Q) was filed with the SEC on September 23, 2026.
Which companies are similar to General Mills?
In the S&P 500, General Mills is grouped in Packaged Foods & Meats within the Consumer Staples sector. Hormel Foods (HRL), Hershey Company (The) (HSY), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Mondelez International (MDLZ), McCormick & Company (MKC) are in the same group.
Understand the numbers
Source: General Mills’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), retrieved September 27, 2026. Figures are as reported by the company and may be restated. This page is for information only and is not financial advice.