General Mills (GIS) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

General Mills' (GIS) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 30.81% in Q1 2026, down 304.0% year-on-year from 15.1% in Q1 2025, and down 11.52% quarter-over-quarter from 34.82% in Q4 2025.

General Mills (GIS) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Mills has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 30.81% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 30.81%, down 304.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 33.02% (down 235.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 34.55%, down 36.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 30.81% for Q1 2026 at General Mills, down from 34.82% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 36.85% in Q4 2024 to a low of 30.69% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 33.93% (2025), against an average of 33.79%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin plunged 450 bps in 2022 and jumped 541 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • General Mills' Gross Margin stood at 32.66% in 2022, then climbed by 5 bps to 34.36% in 2023, then advanced by 7 bps to 36.85% in 2024, then fell by 6 bps to 34.82% in 2025, then declined by 12 bps to 30.81% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 30.81% (Q1 2026), 34.82% (Q4 2025), and 33.93% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 12,507.92 Bn 12,507.92 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 27.05 Bn 22.98 Bn 2.22 Bn 36.70%
3 General Mills 17.93 Bn 17.16 Bn 1.37 Bn 30.81%
4 Jbs 13.56 Bn 8.99 Bn 2.32 Bn -
5 Hormel Foods 13.29 Bn 12.44 Bn 518.51 Mn 17.44%
6 Mccormick 12.45 Bn 12.85 Bn 708.90 Mn 37.83%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 11.94 Bn 11.47 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.83 Bn 11.77 Bn 862.10 Mn 38.01%
9 Smithfield Foods 9.80 Bn 8.73 Bn 511.00 Mn 13.45%
10 Darling Ingredients 8.51 Bn 8.55 Bn 404.92 Mn 26.11%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 22, 2026 30.81%
Nov 23, 2025 34.82%
Aug 24, 2025 33.93%
May 25, 2025 32.35%
Feb 23, 2025 33.85%
Nov 24, 2024 36.85%
Aug 25, 2024 34.83%
May 26, 2024 35.82%
Feb 25, 2024 33.48%
Nov 26, 2023 34.36%
Aug 27, 2023 36.10%
May 28, 2023 34.36%
Feb 26, 2023 32.48%
Nov 27, 2022 32.66%
Aug 28, 2022 30.69%
May 29, 2022 36.19%
Feb 27, 2022 30.93%
Nov 28, 2021 32.47%
Aug 29, 2021 35.19%
May 30, 2021 34.99%