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How General Mills, Inc. stacks up
GIS · against 76 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #75 of 77 · scores higher than 3% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score2 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including GIS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 11?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 93% of peers. Return on assets: -2.9% vs peer median 4.0%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 90% of peers. Operating margin: -1.1% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 83% of peers. Return on invested capital: -0.8% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GIS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GIS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 76 reported | -0.8% | 12.0% | 4% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 77 reported | -1.1% | 9.7% | 3% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 73 reported | -2.9% | 5.2% | 1% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 73 reported | -10.5% | 13.4% | 0% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 78 reported | 33.7% | 36.9% | 42% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GIS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 212.7B CNY (≈$29.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 1.19T INR (≈$14.2B) | 97 | 60 | |
| 4 | 1.14T INR (≈$13.7B) | 96 | 71 | |
| 5 | 13.7B USD | 95 | 51 | |
| 70 | 20.0B USD | 25 | 39 | |
| 72 | 18.2B USD | 24 | 43 | |
| 73 | 141.9B CNY (≈$19.9B) | 22 | 33 | |
| 74 | 248.3B CNY (≈$34.8B) | 21 | 29 | |
| 75 | 18.2B USD | 11 | 11 | |
| 76 | 110.5B CNY (≈$15.5B) | 10 | 25 | |
| 77 | 29.1B USD | 4 | 28 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score