General Mills (GIS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
General Mills (GIS) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of -0.98% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 14.59 percentage points from 13.60% a year earlier and down 0.98 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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General Mills (GIS) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), General Mills posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 0.00%, down 11.30 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for four consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -11.08 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 11.30% in FY2025 (-0.97 pp), 12.26% in FY2024 (-0.08 pp), 12.34% in FY2023 (-0.35 pp) and 12.68% in FY2022 (+1.61 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to fiscal Q1 2010.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.18 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (a gain of 3.29 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2027 (a drop of 14.59 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 0.00% (Q4 2026), 11.41% (Q3 2026) and 12.61% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.95 Bn | 98.82 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.23 Bn | 77.29 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 8.60% |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.99 Bn | 31.72 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 19.52% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.72 Bn | 16.47 Bn | 1.99 Bn | -5.63% |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.50 Bn | 16.16 Bn | 1.49 Bn | -0.98% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.27 Bn | 14.05 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 3.60% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.58 Bn | 12.23 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 5.97% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.22 Bn | 8.90 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 3.50% |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.87 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 6.41% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | -0.98% |
| May 31, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 11.41% |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 12.61% |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 13.60% |
| May 25, 2025 | 11.03% |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 12.45% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 12.44% |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 12.34% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 11.72% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 12.56% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 12.61% |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 12.60% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 12.61% |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 10.69% |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 10.40% |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 10.80% |
| May 30, 2021 | 10.80% |
| Feb 28, 2021 | 11.77% |
| Nov 29, 2020 | 11.35% |
API Access
General Mills Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();