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Welcome to 2 Minute Analysis. Our goal is to not only entertain, but provide value and insights about the investments you care about. Today’s episode is from this comment. So, let’s throw 2 minutes on the clock and dive-in.
Today, we are looking at General Mills Inc., ticker symbol GIS. Kicking things off here with the Quant rating system, it is currently a Hold rating on the stock, and we’re going to dive into some of the metrics here in just a moment. Seeking Alpha Analysts are currently a Buy rating on the stock in aggregate, and that’s 13 analysts providing coverage in the last 30 days. Lastly, Wall Street analysts are a Hold on this stock in aggregate, and that’s 21 analysts providing coverage in the last 90-days. To learn more about how the Seeking Alpha Quant system and Seeking Alpha Analysts outperform the market, visit the link in the description of this video.
Now, let’s dive deeper. This is a $25.54 billion market capitalization company found within the consumer staples sector and the packaged food and meats industry.
Jumping into the Valuation grade here, it’s currently a B, and a few things to note for the value focused investors. First off, the dividend yield is 5.06% for the trailing 12-months, compared to the sector at 3.25%. Second, look at the Enterprise Value-to-EBIT ratio here, 12.98, compared to the sector at 13.37, comparing that also to the five-year average of 15.38.
Now, the Growth grade is an F with revenue growth year-over-year of negative 5.65%, compared to the sector at 2.76% growth.
And Profitability, an A- grade here with net income margin of 13.51%, compared to the sector at 4.18%.
Now, the Momentum grade is a C. The one-year price performance is down 25.23%, compared to the sector, which is down 7.95%.
And lastly, Revisions grade, currently that B- there with 7 up and 8 down revisions for earnings per share over the last three months and 11 up revisions and 4 down revisions for revenue over the last three months as well.
Now, this is one of those dividend paying stocks that investors are so accustomed to. It is currently paying a yield of 5.10% forward with a five-year growth rate of 4.10%. Now, looking at the grades here, dividend safety grade is a B. The dividend growth grade is a B+. Dividend yield is an A-, and dividend consistency is an A- as well. That’s 36 years of consecutive dividend payments and six years of dividend growth. Lastly, checking the yield against the sector here. You’ll notice that the dividend yield of 5.10% outperforms the rest of the sector, which is currently paying on median 3.1%.
Now, that’s going to wrap it up for this episode. Don’t forget to go to Seeking Alpha here and follow General Mills and receive all the free breaking news alerts that are coming down the line from this company. And if you have a ticker you want us to cover, add it to the comment section below, and don’t forget to follow Seeking Alpha so you get notified when the next 2 Minute Analysis gets published.
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