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Profile - General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  1Dividend payment of $0.275
Upcoming Events
Sep 12Add this event to your Yahoo! CalendarEarnings Announcement
Location
Number One General Mills Blvd.
P.O. Box 1113
Minneapolis, MN 55440
Phone: (763) 764-7600
Fax: (612) 540-4925
Employees (last reported count): 11,001
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Food Processing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 11%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 112.0K shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 68% (77% of float)
(1,079 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.26M shares (+1.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
General Mills, Inc. is a producer of packaged consumer foods. The Company's products primarily are distributed directly to retail food chains, cooperatives, membership stores and wholesalers. The Company also markets its products to foodservice operators, convenience stores and vending operators. Certain food products, such as yogurt and some foodservice and refrigerated products, are sold through distributors and brokers.
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Financial Summary
General Mills, Inc. is a producer of packaged consumer foods, including, cereals, desserts, flour and baking mixes, dinner and side dish products, snack products, beverages, yogurt products and foodservice products. For the fiscal year ended 5/27/01, sales rose 6% to $7.08 billion. Net income rose 8% to $665.1 million. Results reflect increased unit volumes due to higher sales of yogurt and other convenience and snack foods, and $54.9 million in insurance proceeds.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Stephen Sanger, 54
Chairman, CEO
$2.4M$1.2M
Raymond Viault, 56
Vice Chairman of Directors, Betty Crocker and New Ventures Division
1.3M--  
Stephen Demeritt, 56
Exec. VP, Vice Chairman
1.7M1.5M
James Lawrence, 47
Exec. VP, CFO
1.1M--  
Siri Marshall, 52
Sr. VP - Corp. Affairs, Sec., Gen. Counsel
1.6M--  
Dollar amounts are as of 28-May-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:GISAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-Sep-2000
$31.375
Recent Price$44.34 
52-Week High
on 5-Mar-2001
$46.35 
Beta0.17 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)764.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)789.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+39.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+86.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$12.6B
Shares Outstanding284.9M
Float253.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.10 
Dividend Yield2.48%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 9-Nov-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$0.18 
Earnings (ttm)$2.28 
Earnings (mrq)$0.50 
Sales (ttm)$24.24 
Cash (mrq*)$0.23 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)242.26 
Price/Earnings (ttm)19.46 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.83 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$7.08B
EBITDA (ttm*)$1.43B
Income available to common (ttm)$665.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)9.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMay 27
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
27-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)13.33%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.64 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)65.68 
Total Cash (mrq)$64.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.67M
Percent of Float1.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
4.18M
Short Ratio6.12 
Daily Volume762.0K
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