General Mills (GIS) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026)
General Mills (GIS) reported Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $330.5 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 0.1% from $330.9 million a year earlier but up 0.7% from the prior quarter.
General Mills (GIS) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 30, 2026, General Mills' Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $1.31 billion, down 1.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at $1.32 billion, down 1.7% from FY2025.
- Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $1.34 billion in FY2025 (-1.8%), $1.36 billion in FY2024 (+5.9%), $1.29 billion in FY2023 (+3.5%) and $1.24 billion in FY2022 (-0.2%).
- Five-year quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd spans a low of $310.4 million in fiscal Q4 2022 and a high of $348.5 million in fiscal Q1 2024.
- Year over year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has now declined in each of the last nine quarters, with an average decline of 1.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 7.2%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2025 (a decline of 3.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $328.1 million (Q4 2026), $328.4 million (Q3 2026) and $327.9 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 643.00 Mn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 286.40 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 475.00 Mn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 330.50 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 116.80 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 129.10 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 160.96 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.38 Bn | 5.69 Bn | 618.70 Mn | 167.50 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 330.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 328.10 Mn |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 328.40 Mn |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 327.90 Mn |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 330.90 Mn |
| May 25, 2025 | 330.30 Mn |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 332.60 Mn |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 338.00 Mn |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 337.80 Mn |
| May 26, 2024 | 335.40 Mn |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 337.00 Mn |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 342.50 Mn |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 348.50 Mn |
| May 28, 2023 | 320.50 Mn |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 319.50 Mn |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 322.90 Mn |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 325.00 Mn |
| May 29, 2022 | 310.40 Mn |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 310.90 Mn |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 310.90 Mn |
General Mills Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd 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=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "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=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();