General Mills (GIS) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)
General Mills (GIS) reported Capital Expenditures of $90.5 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 17.4% from $109.5 million a year earlier and down 50.9% from the prior quarter.
General Mills (GIS) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 30, 2026, General Mills' Capital Expenditures came in at $520.9 million, down 12.4% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at $539.9 million, down 13.7% from FY2025.
- Capital Expenditures has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 0.3% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Capital Expenditures came in at $625.3 million in FY2025 (-19.2%), $774.1 million in FY2024 (+12.3%), $689.5 million in FY2023 (+21.2%) and $568.7 million in FY2022 (+7.1%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Capital Expenditures since fiscal Q2 2020.
- Year over year, Capital Expenditures has now declined in each of the last seven quarters, with an average decline of 16.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Capital Expenditures in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 55.9%); the low point was fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 45.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $184.4 million (Q4 2026), $102.4 million (Q3 2026) and $143.6 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Capex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 342.00 Mn |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 89.83 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 189.00 Mn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 90.50 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 88.40 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 42.70 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 68.16 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 47.90 Mn |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.43 Bn | 5.74 Bn | 618.70 Mn | 123.70 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 90.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 184.40 Mn |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 102.40 Mn |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 143.60 Mn |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 109.50 Mn |
| May 25, 2025 | 220.20 Mn |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 103.90 Mn |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 160.90 Mn |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 140.30 Mn |
| May 26, 2024 | 288.50 Mn |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 191.70 Mn |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 152.20 Mn |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 141.70 Mn |
| May 28, 2023 | 338.20 Mn |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 124.60 Mn |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 135.80 Mn |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 90.90 Mn |
| May 29, 2022 | 218.10 Mn |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 126.30 Mn |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 120.30 Mn |
General Mills Capital Expenditures API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "capital-expenditures", "ticker": "GIS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();