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General Mills, Inc. (GIS)On Oct 7: 38.75  Up 0.58 (1.52%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:24.93B
Enterprise Value (Oct 8, 2011)3:32.35B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.85
Forward P/E (fye May 29, 2013)1:13.69
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.92
Price/Sales (ttm):1.62
Price/Book (mrq):3.78
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.13
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.35
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:May 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Aug 28, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.40%
Operating Margin (ttm):17.37%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.23%
Return on Equity (ttm):26.11%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):15.19B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):23.64
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):8.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):5.95B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.13B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.73B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.61
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-14.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):338.20M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.53
Total Debt (mrq):8.12B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):102.65
Current Ratio (mrq):0.84
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.09
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.79B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):868.59M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.21
52-Week Change3:4.79%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-0.83%
52-Week High (May 20, 2011)3:40.00
52-Week Low (Feb 2, 2011)3:34.54
50-Day Moving Average3:37.72
200-Day Moving Average3:37.66
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:5,602,920
Avg Vol (10 day)3:5,672,330
Shares Outstanding5:643.46M
Float:641.81M
% Held by Insiders1:0.12%
% Held by Institutions1:71.30%
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:13.67M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:3.10
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:12.53M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.22
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.17
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:44.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 31, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 5, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jun 9, 2010

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Aug 28, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Aug 28, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Aug 28, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of May 29, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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