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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-17

Why Is General Mills (GIS) Down 5.8% Since Last Earnings Report?

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A month has gone by since the last earnings report for General Mills (GIS). Shares have lost about 5.8% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500. Will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is General Mills due for a breakout? Well, first let's take a quick look at its latest earnings report in order to get a better handle on the recent catalysts for General Mills, Inc. before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late. General Mills reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results, wherein both the top and bottom lines missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Both net sales and earnings experienced year-over-year declines. The company posted adjusted earnings of 64 cents per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 74 cents. The bottom line also declined 37% year over year on a constant-currency (cc) basis, attributed to reduced adjusted operating profit and increased adjusted effective tax rate. However, the impact was partially offset by reduced net shares outstanding. Net sales dropped 8% to $4,436.7 million, including a six-point headwind from the impacts of divestitures and acquisitions, partially offset by a one-point benefit from foreign currency exchange. The top line also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,479 million. Organic net sales also saw a 3% decline, mainly due to lower volume and unfavorable price realization and product mix. This performance lagged Nielsen-measured global retail sales by approximately 1.5 points. The adjusted gross margin declined 280 basis points (bps), reaching 30.6% of net sales, mainly due to elevated input costs, partly offset by the favorable net price realization and mix to gross margin, including the product mix benefit from the yogurt divestitures. General Mills’ adjusted operating profit dropped 32% in constant currency, impacted by reduced adjusted gross profit dollars. The adjusted operating profit margin was down 420 bps, reaching 12.3%. North America Retail: Revenues in the segment were $2,596.4 million, down 14% year over year, including a nine-point headwind from the divestiture of North American yogurt businesses. Net sales fell double digits in the Big G Cereal & Canada operating unit, including the impact of the yogurt divestitures, declined by high-single digits in U.S. Snacks and decreased by low-single digits in U.S. Meals &...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-04-10

General Mills Exits Brazil To Refocus On Margins And Earnings Quality

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Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St's investing ideas for FREE. General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has agreed to sell its Brazil operations, including the Yoki and Kitano brands. The move is described by the company as part of a broader effort to reshape its portfolio and focus on higher growth and more profitable international platforms. The divestiture marks a meaningful change in how General Mills allocates resources across regions and categories. For investors watching NYSE:GIS, this Brazil exit comes at a time when the stock trades around $36.75 and has seen a 32.1% decline over the past year. Over 3 years, the share price is down 51.9%, and over 5 years it is down 26.9%. This frames the move as part of a response to a challenging stretch for the company’s equity performance. This sale signals a clearer focus on markets and categories where management sees a better fit with its long term priorities. As General Mills reallocates capital away from lower margin regions, investors can track whether future international moves, portfolio changes, and reinvestment decisions begin to influence earnings quality and market sentiment around NYSE:GIS. Stay updated on the most important news stories for General Mills by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on General Mills. We've flagged 3 risks for General Mills. See which could impact your investment. This Brazil exit sits alongside General Mills’ recent fixed-income activity and broader portfolio reshaping. The company has issued sizeable fixed to floating rate Eurobonds maturing in 2056, which may influence how it manages its capital structure while exiting lower margin businesses like Brazil. For you, the key question is whether concentrating on higher growth and more profitable international platforms, such as super premium ice cream, Mexican food, snack bars and pet food, leads to a cleaner, more focused earnings mix over time. At the same time, the sale follows a period of weak volumes, margin pressure and analyst price target cuts, so it is part of a wider response to changing consumer preferences and a cautious external view on future performance. The exit from Brazil supports the narrative theme of reallocating resources into higher priority brands like Blue Buffalo and core snack and cereal pla...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-31

Conagra Quarterly Organic Sales Likely to Face Some Pressure; Focus to be on Fiscal 2027 Outlook, RBC Says

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Conagra Brands' (CAG) fiscal third-quarter organic sales are likely to face some pressure amid subdu

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-27

General Mills' (NYSE:GIS) Shareholders Have More To Worry About Than Only Soft Earnings

Simply Wall St.

General Mills, Inc.'s (NYSE:GIS) recent weak earnings report didn't cause a big stock movement. Our analysis suggests that along with soft profit numbers, investors should be aware of some other underlying weaknesses in the numbers. This technology could replace computers: discover the 20 stocks are working to make quantum computing a reality. Importantly, our data indicates that General Mills' profit received a boost of US$775m in unusual items, over the last year. While it's always nice to have higher profit, a large contribution from unusual items sometimes dampens our enthusiasm. We ran the numbers on most publicly listed companies worldwide, and it's very common for unusual items to be once-off in nature. And that's as you'd expect, given these boosts are described as 'unusual'. We can see that General Mills' positive unusual items were quite significant relative to its profit in the year to February 2026. As a result, we can surmise that the unusual items are making its statutory profit significantly stronger than it would otherwise be. That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates. As we discussed above, we think the significant positive unusual item makes General Mills' earnings a poor guide to its underlying profitability. As a result, we think it may well be the case that General Mills' underlying earnings power is lower than its statutory profit. Sadly, its EPS was down over the last twelve months. At the end of the day, it's essential to consider more than just the factors above, if you want to understand the company properly. So while earnings quality is important, it's equally important to consider the risks facing General Mills at this point in time. When we did our research, we found 3 warning signs for General Mills (2 don't sit too well with us!) that we believe deserve your full attention. This note has only looked at a single factor that sheds light on the nature of General Mills' profit. But there is always more to discover if you are capable of focussing your mind on minutiae. For example, many people consider a high return on equity as an indication of favorable business economics, while others like to 'follow the money' and search out stocks that insiders are buying. So you m...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-25

5 Insightful Analyst Questions From General Mills’s Q1 Earnings Call

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General Mills’ first quarter results were met with a negative market reaction, as the company’s non-GAAP earnings per share fell short of Wall Street expectations and sales volumes declined sharply. Management attributed the underperformance to continued investments in brand competitiveness and shelf pricing, which weighed on margins. CEO Jeffrey Harmening emphasized that these near-term pressures were anticipated as part of a broader effort to rebuild household penetration and baseline volume, stating, “We are seeing strength and momentum on critical building blocks for sustainable growth, namely household penetration, improved baseline volume, distribution, and market shares.” Is now the time to buy GIS? Find out in our full research report (it’s free). Revenue: $4.44 billion vs analyst estimates of $4.42 billion (8.4% year-on-year decline, in line) Adjusted EPS: $0.64 vs analyst expectations of $0.73 (12.1% miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $686.6 million vs analyst estimates of $727.5 million (15.5% margin, 5.6% miss) Operating Margin: 11.8%, down from 18.4% in the same quarter last year Organic Revenue fell 3% year on year (miss) Sales Volumes fell 11% year on year (-4% in the same quarter last year) Market Capitalization: $19.64 billion While we enjoy listening to the management's commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls are the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Andrew Lazar (Barclays) asked about the potential for volume growth as pricing actions subside. CEO Jeffrey Harmening stated the goal is to improve dollar share competitiveness through innovation and marketing, while acknowledging category growth remains volatile. Leah Jordan (Goldman Sachs) sought clarity on the impact of this year’s innovation efforts and upcoming launches. Group President Dana McNabb shared that new product growth is tracking above 25% in North America Retail and highlighted further expansion in protein and fiber offerings. David Palmer (Evercore ISI) pressed on margin recovery potential if organic sales stabilize. CFO Kofi Bruce explained that stable or growing volume would aid margin expansion and that ongoing transformation initiatives should further contribute to productivity gains. Alexia Howard (AllianceBernstein) i...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-19

General Mills Q3 Earnings Miss Estimates, Sales Decline 8% Y/Y

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General Mills, Inc. GIS reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results, wherein both the top and bottom lines missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Both net sales and earnings experienced year-over-year declines. The company posted adjusted earnings of 64 cents per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 74 cents. The bottom line also declined 37% year over year on a constant-currency (cc) basis, attributed to reduced adjusted operating profit and increased adjusted effective tax rate. However, the impact was partially offset by reduced net shares outstanding. General Mills, Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | General Mills, Inc. Quote Net sales dropped 8% to $4,436.7 million, including a six-point headwind from the impacts of divestitures and acquisitions, partially offset by a one-point benefit from foreign currency exchange. The top line also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,479 million. Organic net sales also saw a 3% decline, mainly due to lower volume and unfavorable price realization and product mix. This performance lagged Nielsen-measured global retail sales by approximately 1.5 points. The adjusted gross margin declined 280 basis points (bps), reaching 30.6% of net sales, mainly due to elevated input costs, partly offset by the favorable net price realization and mix to gross margin, including the product mix benefit from the yogurt divestitures. We expected adjusted gross margin contraction of 140 bps. General Mills’ adjusted operating profit dropped 32% in constant currency, impacted by reduced adjusted gross profit dollars. The adjusted operating profit margin was down 420 bps, reaching 12.3%. We expected an adjusted operating margin of 14.7% for the quarter. North America Retail: Revenues in the segment were $2,596.4 million, down 14% year over year, including a nine-point headwind from the divestiture of North American yogurt businesses. Net sales fell double digits in the Big G Cereal & Canada operating unit, including the impact of the yogurt divestitures, declined by high-single digits in U.S. Snacks and decreased by low-single digits in U.S. Meals & Baking Solutions. Organic net sales were down 4% compared with a 3% decline in Nielsen-measured retail sales, with the one-percentage-point gap primarily driven by changes in retailer inventory levels. Segment operating profit of $436.1 million fell 33% for both reported a...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-18

General Mills Likely to See 'Minor Headwinds' in Fiscal 2026 From Middle East Conflict, RBC Says

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General Mills (GIS) is expected to see "minor headwinds" in fiscal 2026 from the ongoing conflict in

TranscriptFY2026 Q32026-03-18

FY2026 Q3 earnings call transcript

Earnings source - 54 paragraphs
Operator

Good morning and welcome to General Mills, Inc.'s third quarter 2026 earnings conference call. All participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' remarks, we will conduct a question and answer session. To ask a question at this time, you will need to press star, followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Jeff Siemon, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Finance. Please go ahead.

Jeff Siemon

Thank you, Julianne, and hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us today for a live Q&A session on our third quarter fiscal 2026 results. I hope everyone had time to review our press release, listen to the prepared remarks, and view our presentation materials, which we made available this morning on our Investor Relations website. It is important to note that in our Q&A session, we may make forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions. Please refer to this morning's press release for factors that could impact forward-looking statements and for reconciliations of non-GAAP information which may be discussed on today's call. I am here with Jeff Harmening, our Chairman and CEO, Kofi Bruce, our CFO, and Dana McNabb, Group President of North America Retail and North America Pet. Before we get to Q&A, I will turn it over to Jeff for some opening remarks.

Jeffrey Harmening

Thanks, Jeff, and good morning, everybody. We will turn to Q&A here in a couple of minutes, but I thought I would just take a minute or two to provide some context of what we have been through through the first three quarters of this year, and then based on the progress we have been able to demonstrate, how we are positioned to deliver a significant step up in financial performance which will start in our fourth quarter, which is why we reaffirmed our guidance for fiscal 2026. As a reminder, as we entered this fiscal year, we made a proactive and strategic decision to reinvest to improve the remarkability of our brands, with full awareness that this would weigh on near-term results as we sharpened our competitiveness. Now three quarters into that plan, we are seeing strength and momentum on critical building blocks for sustainable growth, namely household penetration, improved baseline volume, distribution, and market shares. This progress only reinforces our conviction that this strategy is the right one for General Mills, Inc. In North America Retail, our investments in remarkability are resonating with consumers. We are rebuilding household penetration and baseline growth, which are the key indicators of future growth. In pet, we are adding households as well and fueling our fast-growing cat feeding portfolio and also taking steps to accelerate our growth through Love Made Fresh. We will continue to be competitive in North American Foodservice and International. We know there is still more work ahead. We know that. But with most of the reinvestment phase behind us, we expect to deliver meaningfully better top-line and bottom-line performance in Q4 and beyond. I also want to talk briefly about the other piece of news you may have seen yesterday, which was our agreement to sell our Brazil business. This builds on a strong track record we have in portfolio shaping both in acquisitions and divestitures—nearly a third of our portfolio once this is complete over the last number of years. Brazil includes our Yoki and Kitano brands. While it is not on the scale of pet or the yogurt transactions, it is the same disciplined approach we have consistently taken to reshape our portfolio, namely our desire to prioritize our resources and investments on brands and platforms where we have the strongest opportunity to generate profitable growth. This deal will enhance our margins and increases the International segment's focus on our key global platforms, including super premium ice cream, Mexican food, snack bars, and pet food, where we have stronger margin and excellent growth prospects. So with this transaction, as I said, we have turned over nearly a third of our net sales since fiscal 2018. As we look to fiscal 2027 as well, as we said in our press release, our number one goal is going to be to continue to improve our organic sales results while at the same time maintaining our industry leading—as well as the transformation initiative we have to make sure we are maintaining efficiency. In 2026, we are really pleased with the pound share competitiveness we have had in NAR as well as dollar share in the other segments. As we look at fiscal 2027, we will aim to improve our dollar share performance in NAR, as we have lapped a lot of these price investments and the rest of our Remarkability Framework elements take hold. We are confident in the strategy we have and we know that we are making progress. We will continue to do that in Q4 and into fiscal 2027. With that, let us open it up for Q&A.

Operator

Our first question comes from Andrew Lazar from Barclays. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Andrew Lazar

Thanks so much for the question. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. So, Jeff, by the end of this fiscal year, General Mills, Inc. will have the bulk of the pricing investments behind it along with a lot of the remarkability work. You mentioned in your prepared remarks your expectation for more stable pricing next year as you lap the pricing. So I guess the key metric will be, right, can General Mills, Inc. return some level of volume growth in fiscal 2027, even in the context of category growth that remains, for now anyway, below the longer-term level? I was hoping for whatever you can share on expectations along these lines at this point, knowing you are not obviously going to get into specific 2027 guidance yet.

Jeffrey Harmening

Andrew, you are on the right track in terms of our thinking. What I would say is that as we look at fiscal 2027, our goal really is going to be to increase our competitiveness in dollar terms. This year, we certainly did in pound terms as a result of all the pricing actions to be more competitive there, and in 2027, we will try to maintain the pounds as well as we can and, at the same time, let our innovation and the renovation on our core and our improved marketing and ROIs on our marketing campaigns do the job of increasing our dollar sales results. What we feel good about is that we have the building blocks in place, and we have taken a step up on new product innovation and renovation this year from where we were before. I would look for us to take another step forward as we look at next year, both on innovation and renovation, particularly in NAR and in Pet. So that will be our goal. It is a very volatile world, so what exactly that yields, we will talk about in June. We talked about at CAGNY, our category is growing about 1%. But as I said, volatile. We will come back with a revised view of what we think our categories will grow. But I can tell you definitively that our goal will be to increase our dollar share competitiveness across NAR, as we have done in the other three segments.

Andrew Lazar

Got it. Okay. And then price mix, obviously, in categories, I think, continued to be positive despite some of your price investments. What have you seen competitively in your key categories following your own price investments? Thanks so much.

Dana McNabb

Good morning, Andrew. Thanks for the question. From a price mix standpoint, we have seen price mix in our categories up a little bit. That is behind some small brand innovation. But predominantly, in terms of our price mix this year, as you know, in the front half, it was about investing to get our base shelf prices right. It was not about promotion activity, adding frequency or depth. It was about getting below key cliffs and gaps in competition, getting that right, which is why our price mix is down. As we start to lap that, we saw it a little bit in the back half of this fiscal year, but really the full lap will occur in the beginning of next fiscal year. We are starting and we expect to see that price gap close, starting first with our Pillsbury business and cereal, and then we will start to see some of our fruit snacks come along. We do expect to get back to price mix growth in fiscal 2027.

Andrew Lazar

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Leah Jordan from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Leah Jordan

Hi. Thank you. Good morning. Building on some of that, you called out the step up in innovation this year. Can you talk about how that has been resonating so far? How is the growth tracking for new products versus the 25% goal that you had stated previously? And as we look ahead, I know you called out strong seasonal events for 4Q. What should we be looking for? Any early commentary on 2027 as well?

Jeffrey Harmening

Overall, I would say we are really pleased with our innovation and we are tracking at about 25%, maybe a little higher in North America Retail, and between 20–25% for the portfolio in aggregate. I am really pleased with what we have seen out of NAR. Maybe I will have Dana give a little bit of color on what is resonating.

Dana McNabb

From a NAR perspective, I think we will land a little bit higher than the 25% growth from new products. We have really leaned into mainstream premium benefits such as protein and fiber, and better tasting news on some of our snacks items, and that is resonating really well. I will use Cheerios Protein as an example. The biggest brand gaining a protein benefit—that is going to be $100 million by the end of this year. Some of the taste renovation that we have done on our salty snacks and our fruit snacks is resonating incredibly well. And then, of course, big businesses like Pillsbury and grain, where we have been able to bring great-tasting bake-up-bigger news or protein news, is resonating really well. So we are getting really good trial and repeat on our new product this year, which, of course, is encouraging for next year because it means year two on those items will be helpful to us next year. I think the plans next year are even better. We are going to see another step change in new products—again, better-for-you functional nutrition. We are bringing protein to the number one cereal, Honey Nut Cheerios. Our Ghost Protein Bars, which we have just started to launch, are turning very well. We are going to scale that nationally. We make fiber taste great. We have got Annie’s Fruit Snacks coming with fiber, Larabar Protein and Fiber, Ratio Granola and Fiber and Protein. As I look to some of the bold flavors we are launching, we are launching a new authentic Mexican brand called La Tiara. We have got hot honey coming on Pillsbury biscuits. We have got Tabasco Old El Paso kits and protein shells and chimichanga kits. We have really good innovation coming that is starting to ship this quarter, and we will support that with double-digit media investment, seasonal events, and really good in-store and online execution. I feel confident that now that we have got the shelf prices right and we have got pounds somewhat stabilized, when we lean into the rest of the Remarkable Experience Framework, we will be able to improve our performance next year.

Leah Jordan

Okay. Great. Thank you. And then just a follow-up on Love Made Fresh. You called out an acceleration in recent weeks after some of the changes that you plan to make that you highlighted previously at CAGNY. Any more color on the magnitude of that acceleration, how we should think about further distribution growth from here, and then also an update on how your on-shelf availability is tracking? I know that has been an area of focus for you.

Dana McNabb

Thank you for the question. I will just reiterate that we are pleased with where we see the Love Made Fresh launch so far. We have made really good progress in a lot of areas. We like our execution. We are above the 5,000 mark on coolers right now. We think our marketing execution has been strong, and we are getting great product reviews from retailers and from consumers. As we pointed out, the place that we needed to focus was strengthening our turns at shelf, and the number one place was our on-shelf availability. We realized we needed to have our store reps go to the stores every week to make sure that the coolers were full. We have had that happen now for about three weeks, and we have seen a step in turns in those stores. But again, it is only three weeks, so I would not want to lean into any specific number there, but we have seen a step up. The other two items that I think are going to be really important to improving our turns are that we did not have a stand-up resealable pack, and that pouch format is 55% of fresh sales. That is launching now, and we have that coming into the marketplace. It is two times the dollar ring of rolls, so that is going to really help us from a turns standpoint. From a building awareness standpoint, we are really pleased with how we have built broad awareness. We have to come down a little bit more in the marketing funnel and reach consumers and pet parents, tell them where they can find the product, and do more to convert to trial. Over the next month, we are definitely going to be adding more coolers. We are going to make sure shelf availability in those coolers is better with reps visiting the store once a week, and we are confident that we will see our turns improve.

Leah Jordan

Very helpful. Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from David Palmer from Evercore ISI. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

David Palmer

Thank you. I wanted to ask you about the results you are getting from not just the Remarkability framework but the levels of spending, the kinds of spending that you are making, and maybe juxtapose it to what you did pre-COVID. A lot of, you know, 5% of sales in innovation is the activity rate that you had pre-COVID, and you have kind of gotten back there. Promotion spending has been restored, and you are leaning in on marketing as well. In that immediate pre-COVID period, you had stabilized your organic sales. What is different today versus then, just in terms of the responses you are getting from each of these growth spending activities? And I have a quick follow-up.

Jeffrey Harmening

What has been different the last three quarters is that we have been investing a lot more in our base pricing, as Dana talked about, to maintain or improve our competitiveness. You are right, the level of new product innovation we have is approaching pre-COVID levels, which we feel good about. Our marketing is approaching pre-COVID levels, which we feel good about. Now our price gaps relative to competition will be approaching pre-COVID levels, which they have not been for the last couple of years, which is why we made this change in pricing. It is also why it gives us confidence as we look forward to Q4 and next year that our level of competitiveness in terms of dollars will improve because, as you said, we are getting back to the levels of activity—whether it is on the marketing side and innovation and media spending, or whether it is our price competitiveness—that we saw before. I would actually say Dana and her team have done a great job. Our level of renovation on our core is probably better than it was pre-COVID. That is what gives us confidence that, having gotten past the bulk of this pricing activity now on base price, the rest of the elements of our marketing framework will work a lot harder for us. You have hit on our thinking, which is that is what we see. The only other difference I would say externally is that the consumer is a little bit more stressed than in 2019. That is why we see our level of promotion activity up a little bit higher, even if the depth is not higher and frequency is not higher. Consumers are taking a little bit more away on promotion, which is why you see only a little bit of price mix in our categories. That is probably the one thing that has not bounced back all the way yet, but we believe that is a structural thing that is clearly cyclical, and as the economy improves, we would anticipate the consumers would improve with it.

David Palmer

That is very helpful. Just one quick question. Maybe this one is for Kofi. In terms of the gross margin, this quarter was relatively low, maybe lower than what we typically see in a fiscal 3Q versus your overall fiscal year. If you can have stable organic sales in fiscal 2027, where do you think gross margins can live for this company? I am wondering about maybe something in the low thirties versus the mid-thirties—you know, the street is near 34% for fiscal 2027. If you do have stable organic sales, can you get back to mid-30s in terms of gross margins?

Kofi Bruce

David, thanks for the question. I think you are starting with the right frame as we see it. We do see stable to growing volume as an enabler for returning and restoring our margins. We are not ready yet to go on record on where we expect them to be in 2027, but I think the path to improvement is certainly paved and aided by volume stability. What we find is when we have that, leverage improves obviously across the enterprise. We get more leverage out of our cost savings, which is always a significant contributor to stability and margin expansion in the middle of the P&L, as well as supporting reinvestment in the business. As a reminder, we are in the middle of a multiyear transformation initiative, which I would expect next year, on top of this year, will add meaningfully to productivity. As Jeff referenced, we would expect to see improvement in price mix and be able to leverage more of the full suite of our SRM levers as we step into next year. I think the combination of all those things will help us start moving back. In terms of where we would like to be for 2027, I will go on record as we get out of Q4 and into the first quarter of next year.

Operator

Our next question comes from Michael Lavery from Piper Sandler. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Michael Lavery

Thank you. Good morning. Maybe following up on that and drilling in a little bit more to the inflation piece of it. You cited some inflation pressure this quarter already. Looking ahead, can you give a sense of what you see for fiscal 2027, maybe both with and without potentially elevated oil or diesel or oil derivative costs, and just an early sense of how it is shaping up? I know you have the savings you have given some color on, but how hard does that have to work to offset some of the inflation you might be looking at?

Kofi Bruce

Appreciate the question. We are not prepared to give you the full suite of our assumptions for 2027 yet. Our best estimate right now on range of inflation is roughly in line with this year, inclusive of, maybe on margin at the far end of the range, some more modest pressure from the macro basket. Labor probably still remains one of the biggest inflationary components of our cost structure, whether embedded cost in logistics or manufacturing, or pass-through even in our transformed commodities. I would share that as a reminder. The other critical tent poles are we would expect another year of industry-leading HMM at at least 4%. As I referenced in my last answer, some significant contributions on top of this year’s significant contributions from our transformation initiatives to help round out the picture. It is important, before I leave this point on 2027, to make sure that I give you some of the other sides of the ledger. We will lap the 53rd week, which is a tailwind this year and will turn into a headwind next year. We have one month of U.S. yogurt results reflected in this year’s results; as a reminder, that closed at the end of June, so we will expect to see that as a headwind. Incentive comp we would expect to normalize next year. Those are three things on the other side of the ledger as we look at next year’s tent-pole assumptions.

Michael Lavery

That is really helpful. As you look at finishing fiscal 2026, early in the year, you indicated you expected positive organic revenue growth in fiscal 4Q. Now the language is just “improved trends.” Could you be specific if the positive organic revenue growth is off the table, or is that still something that you think is in reach? If so, would that be total company or NAR, maybe both? What is the right way to think about how the rest of the year unfolds?

Kofi Bruce

If you track from the midpoint of our guidance, implied in the annual guidance is probably about 75–80 basis points at the midpoint of organic sales growth. While we are expecting continued competitiveness—so pound share and dollar share in the rest of our business to hold—we are not banking, in this guidance, on a dramatic turn in market performance in Q4. Instead, we are expecting a lot of this to come from some mechanical factors. We referenced in our remarks a significant retailer inventory headwind in Q3 that we would expect to flip to a tailwind in Q4. That is on its own probably worth about 200 points of benefit to organic growth in Q4. We would expect the rest of the improvement to come from the reversal of trade expense timing, which was a headwind in Q3 and will become a pretty healthy tailwind as we lap last year’s Q4.

Michael Lavery

Okay. Great. Thanks so much.

Kofi Bruce

You bet.

Operator

Our next question comes from Alexia Howard from AllianceBernstein. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Alexia Howard

Good morning, everyone. Can I ask about the Foodservice weakness this time around? You mentioned bakery flour volumes. Is that something that is likely to persist? What does it tell us about some of those category or channel dynamics in that segment?

Jeffrey Harmening

Alexia, for Foodservice overall, let me take a step back, and then we will get to flour. As we think about Foodservice, the eating occasions at home are about 86%, and that has been pretty stable over the last few months or so. Commercial traffic is down about a half a point, and noncommercial traffic is up about a point. As a reminder, we over-index in the noncommercial space. As we looked at the third quarter, you see our volume decline a little bit and you see profitability decline. I will remind you on the profit side, about half of the decline is the yogurt divestiture. So when you see that big number for that decline, know that about half of it is yogurt and about another 30–35% is flour. Those are the two biggest items. As I think about the fourth quarter, we are thinking that our flour business will come back in the fourth quarter of this year. We will see what happens. Because of the complex nature of distribution through Foodservice, the movement is a little bit slower one way or the other. I am really proud of our competitiveness in K–12 schools and the fact that we have changed to natural colors ahead of when we said we were going to do, and we are competing quite effectively outside of flour. So outside of that one piece of our Foodservice business, I am pretty pleased with our performance and our level of competitiveness. This forecast we have for the rest of this year would not contemplate becoming more competitive on flour for the next three months.

Alexia Howard

Got it. And then can I follow up on Love Made Fresh? You had the 5,000 cooler goal for January, which I think you hit, and it is probably a little bit above that now. Is there another milestone in terms of additional distribution that you can share, or at the moment is the focus on getting the turns up before you have another big move forward on the distribution side?

Jeffrey Harmening

On the distribution side, there are the number of coolers and then the distribution within those coolers. To the extent we just launched a stand-up resealable pouch, that will add distribution, but it may not add the number of stores. It will add the number of SKUs we have in the store that we are currently in, and we think that is going to be the most productive. Our focus really is on enhancing the turns where we are. To the extent we get a little more distribution, that is okay too. But as Dana talked about, making sure that availability is increased significantly and that our marketing is taking place at the lower end of the funnel, closer to the point of purchase, that is going to be our focus. We know we have a great product. Now we have good distribution. The job to do now is to make sure we keep improving the turns where we are. As Dana said, three weeks into having more people at the shelf more often, we are seeing positive benefits of that. We will look to see that continue as well as redoing our marketing mix so that we have more at the point of attack, if you will.

Operator

Next question comes from Robert Moskow from TD Cowen. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Robert Moskow

Dana and Jeff, I was hoping to dive into the high single-digit decline in Snacks. The salty snacks segment of the market has become much more competitive with price cuts and innovation. I wanted to know if some of that is just adjacent to you, or do you think that is carving into your brands at all? What gets us back to growth in that segment?

Dana McNabb

Thanks for the question, Rob. Good morning. Starting first with salty, in the categories we compete in we are not seeing the same trends as some of the other salty competitors. In salty, this is a business where we have had three consecutive quarters of pound and dollar share growth. We are seeing consumers respond to our price investments. We have had really good price pack architecture, and the product renovation that we did to improve the flavor is resonating really well. Our salty business has performed incredibly well, and we think that will continue into next year. The challenge we have seen is really on our hot snack business. That is what has driven the deceleration that you are seeing in Snacks. As I have talked about before on hot snacks, one of the main drivers of that with Totino’s is that we did a price pack architecture conversion. We moved from a bag to a box, and in today’s economic times when the consumer is stressed, they did not see any value in that box, and we saw sales decline significantly. We are in the process of converting that back now. The retailers have been really supportive. We think we have got the price right, and we have really got to up the product quality and how we are talking about the product to consumers, which you will see going to marketplace this year. That is our main focus for Snacks going forward. On our grain snacks and our fruit snacks, it is about making sure we taste great and we have enough better-for-you innovation with protein and fiber, which we really do. We are leaning into the Annie’s business in our snacking categories, which we also think will work incredibly well for us.

Robert Moskow

So ex-Totino’s, are Snacks stable, or can you tease it out for us?

Dana McNabb

Ex-Totino’s, Snacks overall for us would still be down slightly. That is driven by our grain business. Our Nature Valley business is performing pretty well. Our proteins are doing really well, our wafers business is doing really well, and actually Fiber One is on the comeback with GLP-1 users, but it is still down. In Grain, consumers are moving towards more performance nutrition. That is why you have seen us ramp up this Ghostar innovation that is performing really well—high protein, low sugar. We are going to scale that nationally right now. We will continue to lean into everything that is working well on Nature Valley, and we will double down with GLP-1 users on our Fiber One and Protein One business.

Jeffrey Harmening

As Dana said, the biggest challenge really is Totino’s, and a little bit in bars as well. Bars is about innovation; we think we have a good story there. Unlike what you might have heard from others on salty snacks, our salty snacks business was up double digits in the third quarter. I am really pleased with what Dana and her team have done in salty snacks. We have really good price pack architecture, Chex Mix is flying, and our fruit retail sales are flat. If you decomp the whole thing, we are really strong in salty snacks and home meal and fruit. The job to do really is primarily on Totino’s, with a little bit of bars as well.

Robert Moskow

Got it. Thank you.

Operator

Next question comes from Scott Marks from Jefferies. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Scott Marks

Thanks for taking our questions. First thing I wanted to ask about is some of the retailer inventory adjustments that you called out. Could you help us understand what parts of the NAR and Pet business were impacted, and how we should be thinking about the reversal in each of those segments for fiscal Q4?

Dana McNabb

Thank you for the question. We have definitely seen some quarter-to-quarter fluctuations as it relates to retailer inventories. From a NAR perspective, we typically see our net sales and our retail sales trends track relatively consistently. They were a little bit off in Q3, and we think that will revert back in Q4. It is Pet where we see the more significant gap. That is about three points. As we look to Q4, our current guidance does not really contemplate a headwind or a tailwind from Pet in Q4. Historically, it has been really hard for us to predict shipment timing and retailer inventory in Pet, so we think the best planning assumption is to assume that it is going to be neutral in Q4.

Scott Marks

Understood. Then I wanted to ask a little bit about the guide. Holding the guide implies maybe a fairly wide range for Q4. Can you help us understand the swing factors that could push results towards one end or the other?

Kofi Bruce

Sure. The guide on profit is maybe even appreciably wider than on the top line. On the top line, as I referenced earlier, we are expecting the mechanical factors of the retailer inventory reset, which we expect to improve our organic growth rate about 200 basis points over Q3—so about 50 basis points in the quarter—and then our trade expense timing to carry the rest on the top line. On the bottom line, as Dana referenced in her remarks, we saw some additional pressure on top of things we had already anticipated going in. Specifically, going into Q3 we would have expected remarkability investments, divestiture headwinds, and trade expense timing comparisons to be a drag. Those accounted for about two-thirds of the decline in Q3. The other remaining factor that was frankly still variable and wide as we came into CAGNY and reset guidance was around shipment timing and the weather-related factors that impacted shipment timing and supply chain disruptions for us. Those added additional pressure to the results and largely account for the width of the range on profit. Our ability to recover fully from some of the cost overhang from the supply chain disruptions—we are making progress, but at the low end of our guidance, we might not be able to fully recover. At the more positive end of our guidance, we would see a more full recovery in those costs, as well as the factors around trade, supply chain, and retailer inventory flipping to tailwinds in the quarter. The last thing I would leave you with is a reminder that we do expect to see a significant contribution from the 53rd week in Q4, and that is baked into our guidance as a mechanical factor. But really the variability around supply chain and retail inventory recovery would account for the width of the range on profit.

Scott Marks

Understood. Thanks very much.

Operator

Our next question comes from Peter Galbo from Bank of America. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Peter Galbo

Kofi, back to the question around inflation for next year. I know it is probably still a little too early to know fully, but a couple of your peers have called out freight as a potential headwind, and I think freight even outside of what has happened in diesel. Can you comment on what you are seeing in terms of driver tightness or anything that might be a potential hiccup on that side?

Kofi Bruce

Broadly, I do not know that we would call out different factors. We are tracking those. We are not done with our fiscal year, so we do not expect those to be material in this year given we are largely hitting at our contracted rates. It is a variable that we are factoring into the range that I gave you earlier in the call on our expected inflation for next year. We will be prepared to give you a more full picture in two more months as we close the quarter and the year.

Peter Galbo

Okay. Fair enough. And Jeff, maybe this did not get a lot of air time, but the decision on Brazil—I do not think it comes as a huge surprise. Can you provide a few more details into the thinking to exit the market and what drove the decision this time?

Jeffrey Harmening

It stems from our strategy to really focus on our core global brands outside the U.S. There we have a great right to win with our core global brands. They are fast-growing and quite profitable. As we looked at our Brazilian business, our Brazilian team has done a really nice job, but the challenge for us in Brazil is that not only are we under scale, but also our portfolio there is not really our global brands. It is some good local brands. The combination of having these local brands as well as not having the scale means that our Brazilian business has not been very profitable for quite some time. The idea to divest our Brazilian business is really a factor of our focusing on our core global brands, which will enable us in our International segment to improve our margin profile—which we have done a really nice job of this year, but there is another step change to go—and the divestiture of this business will help us do that while maintaining our growth and increasing our margin profile. In doing that, we will be able to shift our resources to places where we think we have a longer-term right to win that will be more profitable for us.

Peter Galbo

Okay.

Jeff Siemon

Thank you very much. Julianne, I think that is all the time we have this morning, so we should wrap there. Thanks, everyone, for the good questions and discussion, and we look forward to speaking with you over the course of the coming quarter.

Operator

This concludes today’s conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-16

GIS Q3 Earnings on the Horizon: Essential Insights for Investors

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General Mills, Inc. GIS is likely to register a decrease in the top and bottom lines when it reports third-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on March 18. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $4.49 billion, implying an 7.2% drop from the prior-year quarter’s reported figure. The consensus mark for earnings has moved down 5 cents in the past 30 days to 77 cents per share, which indicates a slump of 23% from the figure reported in the year-ago quarter. GIS delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 5.9%, on average. General Mills, Inc. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | General Mills, Inc. Quote General Mills has been operating in a challenging consumer environment, with many shoppers remaining financially stretched and increasingly responding to promotions and discounts. This dynamic has been keeping competitive intensity elevated across key packaged food categories and continuing to influence purchasing behavior, suggesting that the company’s upcoming results are likely to remain under pressure. On its second-quarter earnings call, management indicated that third-quarter results are likely to remain pressured due to the impact of divestitures, continued investments behind its remarkability initiatives and unfavorable trade expense timing. These factors are expected to have weighed on the company’s performance, keeping financial metrics under pressure in the quarter to be reported. At the same time, input cost inflation and tariff-related pressures are expected to have persisted. Our model suggests a 180-basis-point contraction in General Mills’ adjusted gross margin in the quarter to be reported. However, the company’s strategic focus has been centered on rebuilding volume-driven growth, even as near-term results remain soft. Management has been prioritizing investments in pricing, product innovation and brand building under its Remarkable Experience Framework, which is aimed at improving competitiveness and restoring sustainable organic sales momentum. Our proven model doesn’t conclusively predict an earnings beat for General Mills this time. The combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat, which is not the case here. General Mills has a Zacks Rank #4 and an Earnings ESP of -3.45% at present. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-13

Countdown to General Mills (GIS) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Estimates Beyond Revenue and EPS

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Wall Street analysts forecast that General Mills (GIS) will report quarterly earnings of $0.79 per share in its upcoming release, pointing to a year-over-year decline of 21%. It is anticipated that revenues will amount to $4.49 billion, exhibiting a decrease of 7.2% compared to the year-ago quarter. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 7.5% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This reflects how the analysts covering the stock have collectively reevaluated their initial estimates during this timeframe. Before a company reveals its earnings, it is vital to take into account any changes in earnings projections. These revisions play a pivotal role in predicting the possible reactions of investors toward the stock. Multiple empirical studies have consistently shown a strong association between trends in earnings estimates and the short-term price movements of a stock. While investors typically rely on consensus earnings and revenue estimates to gauge how the business may have fared during the quarter, examining analysts' projections for some of the company's key metrics often helps gain a deeper insight. Bearing this in mind, let's now explore the average estimates of specific General Mills metrics that are commonly monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts. It is projected by analysts that the 'Net Sales- North America Foodservice' will reach $528.01 million. The estimate suggests a change of -4.9% year over year. Analysts forecast 'Net Sales- International' to reach $690.80 million. The estimate indicates a change of +6.1% from the prior-year quarter. The consensus among analysts is that 'Net Sales- North America Pet' will reach $657.58 million. The estimate suggests a change of +5.4% year over year. The consensus estimate for 'Net Sales- North America Retail' stands at $2.56 billion. The estimate points to a change of -14.8% from the year-ago quarter. Analysts expect 'Operating Profit- North America Retail' to come in at $502.02 million. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported $648.10 million in the same quarter last year. The collective assessment of analysts points to an estimated 'Operating Profit- International' of $15.93 million. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of $18.00 million. Analysts' assessment points toward 'Operating Profit- North America Pet' reaching $115.64 million. The estima...

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-25

General Mills to Webcast Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Results on March 18, 2026

Business Wire

MINNEAPOLIS, February 25, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) plans to report results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter on March 18, 2026. A press release, pre-recorded management remarks and supporting slides will be issued that morning followed by a webcasted question and answer session on the results at 8 a.m. CT. Interested parties can access these materials and the webcast at www.generalmills.com/investors. # # # About General Mills General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. Its portfolio of beloved brands includes household names like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Totino’s, Annie’s, Wanchai Ferry, Yoki and more. General Mills generated fiscal 2025 net sales of U.S. $19 billion. In addition, the company’s share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1 billion. For more information, visit www.generalmills.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260225654912/en/ Contacts (Investors) Jeff Siemon: +1-763-764-2301 (Media) Chelcy Walker: +1-763-764-6364

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-02-25

Stock Market Today, Feb. 24: Broad Rally Lifts Markets As Investors Look Ahead to Nvidia Earnings Tomorrow and Trump's State of the Union

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