General Mills Valuation

Is GIS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GIS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GIS ($62.88) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($158.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GIS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GIS?

Key metric: As GIS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GIS. This is calculated by dividing GIS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GIS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.5x
EarningsUS$2.40b
Market CapUS$35.09b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GIS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GIS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.6x
KHC Kraft Heinz
27.4x28.4%US$37.7b
HSY Hershey
19.4x3.0%US$34.6b
K Kellanova
26.9x9.0%US$27.8b
TSN Tyson Foods
28.7x22.5%US$22.9b
GIS General Mills
14.5x3.6%US$35.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GIS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the peer average (25.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GIS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GCEH Global Clean Energy Holdings
2.1xn/aUS$45.02m
SEED Origin Agritech
1.8xn/aUS$14.54m
FAMI Farmmi
1.8xn/aUS$2.81m
IDBH.F Industrias Bachoco. de
0.0002xn/aUS$59.94k
GIS 14.5xIndustry Avg. 19.2xNo. of Companies8PE01020304050+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GIS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the US Food industry average (19.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GIS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GIS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.5x
Fair PE Ratio22.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GIS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GIS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$62.88
US$74.41
+18.3%
5.6%US$84.00US$67.00n/a20
Nov ’25US$68.24
US$74.76
+9.6%
5.5%US$84.00US$67.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$74.62
US$74.21
-0.6%
6.5%US$84.00US$63.00n/a20
Sep ’25US$72.29
US$68.81
-4.8%
5.1%US$76.00US$62.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$67.67
US$68.01
+0.5%
4.7%US$74.00US$62.00n/a19
Jul ’25US$63.30
US$68.92
+8.9%
5.0%US$78.00US$63.00n/a19
Jun ’25US$68.75
US$71.78
+4.4%
5.0%US$78.00US$61.00n/a20
May ’25US$69.99
US$71.69
+2.4%
5.8%US$78.00US$61.00n/a21
Apr ’25US$70.13
US$71.59
+2.1%
5.9%US$78.00US$61.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$63.94
US$69.06
+8.0%
7.6%US$82.20US$58.00n/a20
Feb ’25US$64.83
US$68.63
+5.9%
8.0%US$82.20US$58.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$65.14
US$68.71
+5.5%
8.2%US$82.20US$58.00n/a20
Dec ’24US$64.13
US$70.96
+10.7%
8.3%US$82.20US$58.00n/a20
Nov ’24US$65.10
US$70.96
+9.0%
8.3%US$82.20US$58.00US$68.2420
Oct ’24US$63.99
US$71.70
+12.0%
9.1%US$91.00US$58.00US$74.6220
Sep ’24US$66.25
US$79.17
+19.5%
7.7%US$91.00US$69.00US$72.2918
Aug ’24US$74.34
US$80.89
+8.8%
7.7%US$91.00US$69.00US$67.6719
Jul ’24US$76.70
US$81.58
+6.4%
7.8%US$96.00US$69.00US$63.3019
Jun ’24US$83.89
US$84.16
+0.3%
9.2%US$97.00US$67.00US$68.7519
May ’24US$89.37
US$84.05
-5.9%
9.3%US$97.00US$67.00US$69.9919
Apr ’24US$85.46
US$83.00
-2.9%
9.0%US$96.00US$67.00US$70.1319
Mar ’24US$78.85
US$81.20
+3.0%
9.4%US$95.00US$65.00US$63.9420
Feb ’24US$77.99
US$81.45
+4.4%
8.9%US$95.00US$65.00US$64.8320
Jan ’24US$83.85
US$81.37
-3.0%
8.9%US$95.00US$65.00US$65.1419
Dec ’23US$85.42
US$78.32
-8.3%
8.8%US$90.00US$63.00US$64.1319
Nov ’23US$80.29
US$77.39
-3.6%
8.3%US$88.00US$63.00US$65.1018

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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