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General Mills Inc (GIS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for GIS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.37 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How GIS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.37 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), General Mills Inc moved 0.37% on average · correlation 0.12 · higher than 36% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.65 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.63% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.76% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Packaged Foods · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaged Foods · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GIS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — General Mills Inc

GIS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
General Mills makes and sells packaged food and pet food across the United States and abroad, organised into North America Retail, International, North America Pet and North America Foodservice. Its products span cereal, snacks, baking mixes, refrigerated dough, frozen meals, ice cream and dry, wet and fresh pet food, sold to grocers, mass merchants, foodservice distributors and pet specialty stores. Brands include Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso and Blue Buffalo. It is headquartered in Minneapolis.
Where it sits in the stack
General Mills sits outside our AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Packaged Foods industry, within the broader universe the diary tracks alongside our indices.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not assigned it a peer group; the wider market usually sets it against other large packaged-food makers such as Kraft Heinz.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a seat in the S&P 500. Closelooknet has not given it a score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the stock keeps trading below its 50-day and 200-day averages and whether the recent cut in the analyst price target is followed by further downward revisions.

General Mills Inc (GIS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Barclays, 2026-09-25 · last print 2026-09-23

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for GIS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Barclays — target 37 from 36 Target raised to $37 from $36 (+6.2% to spot) 2026-09-25
  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 34 from 33 Target raised to $34 from $33 (-3.6% to spot) 2026-09-24
  • Price target Bernstein SocGen Group — target 30 Target set to $30 (-15% to spot) 2026-09-24
  • Latest print EPS 0.75 against 0.72 expected — a +4.6% beat 2026-09-23

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 7.25%, quarterly · last 0.61 USD on 2026-07-10

Dividends and capital return

What GIS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.44 USD per share · a 7.25% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +0.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.44 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.61 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.59 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.38 USD · 2025: 2.45 USD · 2026: 1.83 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-06

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is General Mills Inc (GIS)?

General Mills Inc trades as GIS on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is GIS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — General Mills Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does GIS trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -10.6% vs the 50-day and -13.2% vs the 200-day average, 31.6% below the 52-week high and +6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does General Mills Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year General Mills Inc had a beta of 0.37 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 36% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.63% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does General Mills Inc do?

General Mills makes and sells packaged food and pet food across the United States and abroad, organised into North America Retail, International, North America Pet and North America Foodservice. Its products span cereal, snacks, baking mixes, refrigerated dough, frozen meals, ice cream and dry, wet and fresh pet food, sold to grocers, mass merchants, foodservice distributors and pet specialty stores. Brands include Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso and Blue Buffalo. Closelooknet has not assigned it a peer group; the wider market usually sets it against other large packaged-food makers such as Kraft Heinz.

Where does General Mills Inc sit in the AI build-out?

General Mills sits outside our AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Packaged Foods industry, within the broader universe the diary tracks alongside our indices. It carries a seat in the S&P 500. Closelooknet has not given it a score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does General Mills Inc pay a dividend?

General Mills Inc has paid 2.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 7.25% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.61 USD on 2026-07-10. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on General Mills Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on General Mills Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Barclays on 2026-09-25 (target 37 from 36). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-23: EPS 0.75 against 0.72 expected — a +4.6% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GIS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Packaged Foods. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.