General Mills, Inc. (GIS) stock fundamentals

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Company overview

General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates through four segments: North America Retail; International; Pet; and North America Foodservice. It offers grain, ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, bakery flour, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, snack bars, fruit and savory snacks, ice cream and frozen desserts, unbaked and fully baked frozen dough products, frozen hot snacks, ethnic meals, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast and entrees, nutrition bars, and frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. The company also manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food; and operates ice cream parlors. It markets its products under the annies, betty crocker, bisquick, blue buffalo, bugles, cascadian farm, cheerios, chex, cinnamon toast crunch, cocoa puffs, cookie crisp, dunkaroos, edgard & cooper, fiber one, by the foot, gushers, roll-ups, gardettos, gold medal, golden grahams, häagen-dazs, kitano, kix, lärabar, latina, lucky charms, as well as muir glen, nature valley, nudges, oatmeal crisp, old el paso, pillsbury, progresso, tastefuls, tiki pets, total, totinos, trix, true chews, true solutions, wanchai ferry, wheaties, wilderness, and yoki brands. In addition, the company sells its products to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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1. Company size

   General Mills, Inc.'s recorded market capitalization is $17,265,047,879.76. It measures the market value of the company's equity, rather than its revenue or cash balance.

2. Price relative to earnings

   P/E compares share price with trailing annual earnings per share. For a company with losses, inspect the earnings figures directly rather than treating a negative multiple as a cheap valuation.

3. Price relative to book equity

   GIS's recorded price-to-book ratio is 2.31. That compares its market equity value with recorded book equity. Examine its business and balance sheet to understand why those values differ.

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