General Mills (GIS) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
General Mills' Times Interest Earned came in at 4.09 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Feb 22, 2026), down 37.5% from 6.54 a year earlier and down 29.3% from the prior quarter.
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General Mills (GIS) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Feb 22, 2026, General Mills reported Times Interest Earned of 6.61, down 6.3% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended May 25, 2025), it came in at 6.30, down 12.0% from FY2024.
- Times Interest Earned has declined in each of the last three fiscal years.
- Going back by fiscal year, Times Interest Earned was 7.16 in FY2024 (-20.3%), 8.99 in FY2023 (-1.9%), 9.16 in FY2022 (+22.4%) and 7.48 in FY2021 (+18.2%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Times Interest Earned is 3.61 (fiscal Q4 2025) to 13.00 (fiscal Q1 2026).
- Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 5.2%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Times Interest Earned over five years came in fiscal Q1 2026 (growth of 93.2%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 43.2%).
- Business Quant data shows GIS's Times Interest Earned at 5.78 (Q2 2026), 13.00 (Q1 2026) and 3.61 (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -207.45 |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | - |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 4.41 |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 5.65 |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Conagra Brands | 6.43 Bn | 5.74 Bn | 618.70 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2026 | 4.09 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 5.78 |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 13.00 |
| May 25, 2025 | 3.61 |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 6.54 |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 8.65 |
| Aug 25, 2024 | 6.73 |
| May 26, 2024 | 6.35 |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 7.48 |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 6.89 |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 7.95 |
| May 28, 2023 | 7.82 |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 7.43 |
| Nov 27, 2022 | 8.74 |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 12.38 |
| May 29, 2022 | 9.72 |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 9.43 |
| Nov 28, 2021 | 8.63 |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 8.80 |
| May 30, 2021 | 5.34 |
API Access
General Mills Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=GIS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();