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General Mills Inc. (GIS)On Dec 19: 59.00  Down 1.15 (1.91%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:19.79B
Enterprise Value (20-Dec-08)3:27.07B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.21
Forward P/E (fye 25-May-10) 1:13.88
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.50
Price/Sales (ttm):1.40
Price/Book (mrq):3.81
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.88
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:10.991
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:25-May
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):23-Nov-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):8.84%
Operating Margin (ttm):14.01%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.60%
Return on Equity (ttm):23.18%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):14.38B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):42.825
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):8.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.87B
EBITDA (ttm):2.46B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.27B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.64
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-3.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):639.60M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.907
Total Debt (mrq):7.92B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.495
Current Ratio (mrq):0.806
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.788
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.65B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):854.45M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.25
52-Week Change3:1.62%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-40.19%
52-Week High (19-Sep-08)3:72.01
52-Week Low (22-Jan-08)3:51.00
50-Day Moving Average3:63.60
200-Day Moving Average3:64.79
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:4,676,730
Average Volume (10 day)3:4,270,770
Shares Outstanding5:335.40M
Float:331.85M
% Held by Insiders1:0.31%
% Held by Institutions1:78.70%
Shares Short (as of 24-Nov-08)3:8.13M
Short Ratio (as of 24-Nov-08)3:1.6
Short % of Float (as of 24-Nov-08)3:2.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.75M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.72
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.90%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.65
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Payout Ratio4:45%
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:08-Jan-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:09-Nov-99


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