Growth Metrics

General Mills (GIS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

General Mills' Return on Sales history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 4.41% for Q2 2024.

  • For Q2 2024, Return on Sales fell 452.0% year-over-year to 4.41%; the TTM value through May 2024 reached 0.16%, up 4.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.31%, 77.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q2 2024 was 4.41% at General Mills, down from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.17% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 4.41% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.13% (2023), against an average of 0.12%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 7bps in 2021 before it tumbled -452bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.14% in 2020, then increased by 1bps to 0.14% in 2021, then fell by -21bps to 0.11% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 0.11% in 2023, then crashed by -4017bps to 4.41% in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GIS's Return on Sales are 4.41% (Q2 2024), 0.13% (Q1 2024), and 0.11% (Q4 2023).