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General Mills Inc. (GIS)At 4:02PM ET: 63.71  Up 0.67 (1.06%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:21.35B
Enterprise Value (4-Jun-08)3:28.11B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.78
Forward P/E (fye 27-May-09) 1:16.72
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):2.07
Price/Sales (ttm):1.59
Price/Book (mrq):3.56
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.12
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:9.928
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:27-May
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):24-Feb-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):10.07%
Operating Margin (ttm):17.96%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.84%
Return on Equity (ttm):22.44%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):13.24B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):39.477
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):11.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.49B
EBITDA (ttm):2.83B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.33B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.80
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):60.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):620.40M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.852
Total Debt (mrq):7.61B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.285
Current Ratio (mrq):0.645
Book Value Per Share (mrq):17.691999
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.53B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):93.78M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.29
52-Week Change3:6.13%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-10.01%
52-Week High (30-May-08)3:63.55
52-Week Low (22-Jan-08)3:51.00
50-Day Moving Average3:61.69
200-Day Moving Average3:58.46
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:2,331,930
Average Volume (10 day)3:2,690,770
Shares Outstanding5:335.04M
Float:331.42M
% Held by Insiders1:0.27%
% Held by Institutions1:80.60%
Shares Short (as of 12-May-08)3:3.98M
Short Ratio (as of 12-May-08)3:2.1
Short % of Float (as of 12-May-08)3:1.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.91M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.60
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.57
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.50%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.40%
Payout Ratio4:40%
Dividend Date3:01-May-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:08-Apr-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:09-Nov-99


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lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 27-May-07)
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