General Mills (GIS) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
General Mills' (GIS) Debt Ratio stood at 0.45 in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), up 3.1% from 0.44 a year earlier but down 0.3% from the prior quarter.
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General Mills (GIS) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Starting with fiscal Q4 2009, General Mills' Debt Ratio history includes 69 quarters.
- Annual Debt Ratio has increased for three straight fiscal years.
- Across earlier fiscal years, Debt Ratio came in at 0.45 in FY2025 (+9.5%), 0.41 in FY2024 (+10.4%), 0.37 in FY2023 (-0.4%) and 0.37 in FY2022 (-5.6%).
- Quarterly Debt Ratio has ranged from 0.37 in fiscal Q3 2023 to 0.45 in fiscal Q4 2026 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Debt Ratio rose in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 3.5%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Debt Ratio in the last five years was growth of 10.4% in fiscal Q4 2024, against a decline of 9.7% in fiscal Q2 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 0.45 (Q4 2026), 0.43 (Q3 2026) and 0.42 (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 142.47 Bn | 93.93 Bn | - | 0.31 |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 82.20 Bn | 75.47 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 0.30 |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.19 Bn | 30.44 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 0.40 |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.23 Bn | 14.65 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 0.26 |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.93 Bn | 15.58 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 0.45 |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.85 Bn | 13.63 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 0.42 |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.79 Bn | 11.85 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 0.30 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.28 Bn | 7.95 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 0.21 |
| 9 | Chewy | 8.73 Bn | 6.01 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 0.16 |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.38 Bn | 7.00 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 0.54 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 0.45 |
| May 31, 2026 | 0.45 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 0.43 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 0.42 |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 0.44 |
| May 25, 2025 | 0.45 |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 0.43 |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 0.43 |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 0.42 |
| May 26, 2024 | 0.41 |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 0.41 |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 0.41 |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 0.39 |
| May 28, 2023 | 0.37 |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 0.37 |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 0.37 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 0.37 |
| May 29, 2022 | 0.37 |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 0.39 |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 0.39 |
API Access
General Mills Debt Ratio 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "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=debt-ratio&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();