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GENERAL MILLS INC (NYSE)
GIS 69.45 0.87 (1.27%) Vol.  1,881,760 16:00 ET

Day Low - High 68.87 - 69.82
52wk Low - High 46.37 - 72.46
Avg Volume 2,437,209
Industry FOOD-MISC/DIVERSIFIED
Market Cap 22.60 B
Div - Yield 1.96 - 2.86
PE (forward) 14.94
PEG Ratio 1.87
Current Year Est. 4.59
EPS Last Year 4.47
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# 2Strong Sell50.23%
# 3Hold14%
# 4Sell3.97%
# 5Hold1.85%
S&P50012.22%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.53
ABR (Last Week) 1.53
# of Recs in ABR 17
Average Target Price 75.87
Industry Rank by ABR 30 out of 217
Rank in Industry 16 out of 47
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR GIS
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Jan 29, 2010
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Zacks Blog: Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Thursday
Jan 21, 2010
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Jan 15, 2010
Zacks Equity Research: Report for GIS
Jan 13, 2010
Zacks Blog: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Capital One Financial Corp., SLM Corp., Bank of America Corp., Discover Financial Services and General Mills Inc.
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
02/2010
Next Quarter
05/2010
This Year
05/2010
Next Year
05/2011
Average Estimate 0.93 0.84 4.59 4.98
Number of Estimates 15 14 16 15
Low Estimates 0.88 0.82 4.54 4.83
High Estimate 1.00 0.88 4.67 5.10
Year Ago EPS 0.79 0.86 3.98 4.59
EPS Growth 18.14% -1.83% 15.36% 8.41%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
General Mills, Inc. is one of the leading producers of packaged consumer foods and markets its products primarily through its own sales organizations, supported by advertising and other promotional activities. Such products are primarily distributed directly to retail food chains, cooperatives, membership stores and wholesalers.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 4.47
Sales 14691.3
Net Income 1633.8
Price/Earnings 15.34
Price/Book 3.54
Price/Cash Flow 12.41
Price/Sales 1.53


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