Corporate Factbook - #GeneralMills ($GIS) Has A Target Price of USD 49,28

Check out today's Corporate Factbook of General Mills.

General Mills, Inc. (GIS) Company Profile:
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods in the United States. The company operates in four segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores & Foodservice; Europe & Australia; and Asia & Latin America. It offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, shelf stable and frozen vegetables, and ice cream and frozen desserts, as well as grain, fruit and savory snacks; and various organic products, including nutrition bars, meal kits, salty snacks, and ready-to-eat cereal. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Haagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jeno's, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, La Saltena, Larabar, Latina, Liberte, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Yoki, and Yoplait names. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries. The company sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce grocery providers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, and convenience stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. It operates 433 ice cream parlors; and franchises 356 branded ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. also exports its products primarily to Caribbean and Latin American markets. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Price: 42,29 Mean Analyst Target Price: 49,28

Market cap.: 25.67 Billion| 

Sector: Consumer Goods | 

Industry: Processed & Packaged Goods
Sales: 15.66 Billion |

 Income: 1.68 Billion

1-Year Price Range: 41.01 - 60.69 | 1-Y Performance: -25.4% | YTD Performance: -28.7%

Yield: 4.63% | P/E: 14,7 | Fwd. P/E 13,4 | P/S: 1,64 | P/B: 4,88

Key Ratios:

Growth

Sales Growth Q/Q 2.30%

EPS Growth Q/Q 24.10%

EPS Growth This Year -0.10%

EPS Growth Next Year 2.80%

EPS Growth Next 5 Years 6.23%

Sales Growth Past 5 Years -1.30%

EPS Growth Past 5 Years 3.30%

Returns, Margin and Leverage

Return on Assets 9.90%

Return on Equity 50.20%

Gross Margin 34.20%

ROI 13.80%

Operating Margin 16.20%

Profit Margin 14.00%

Debt-to-Equity Ratio 1,94

Per Share Data

Price 42,29

Analyst Target price 49,28

Cash per Share 1,57

Book Value Per share 8,67

EPS TTM 2,88

EPS Next Year 3,16

Dividend Payout 51.20%

Valuation

P/E 14,7

Forward P/E 13,4

Price to Sales 1,64

Price to Book 4,88

PEG 2,36

Beta 0,76

RSI 42,68

5-Year Stock Dividend Chart

10-Year Stock Return Heatmap

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Dividend Growth Stock Compilation Of The Past Week

The Best Consumer Defensive Stocks Now!

Consumer defensive stocks can add some stability to a portfolio, as they tend to hold up relatively well during downturns while also participating in rising markets. 

The sector's relatively sleepy return over the past year led me to wonder if there are any high-quality bargains there. To find competitively advantaged stocks in the sector, I screened all the stocks from the sector and included those with attractive equity story, valuation, and growth figures.

Below are some highlights from our research reports of the companies.

20 Value Income Stocks With Dividend Yields Over 10 Year Treasury Yield

I found a great list of stocks that combine value investing criteria with growth. The list contains a number of attractive looking stocks with current yields above the bond yield. 

It's a classical leveraged view. If you borrow money and put it into investments with a yield over your capital cost, you will make money. Dividends are not stable. 

You need a huge spread yield. However, take a look at the attached list. I believe there are a few good names on it. 

Here is the table....

24 Stocks With Higher Dividend Payments (Announced Within The Past Week)

24 stocks announced a growing dividend in the past week. The biggest names were Illinois Tool Works, Expedia, Hershey and Broadridge Financial Solutions.

Big is beautiful but to pay a high price for growth or more safety is also irrational. In terms of cheapness, measured by forward P/E's are Avnet, State National and Ares Management the top picks.

Asset managers become the latest stocks on my cheap dividend plays but the industry also faces a strong headwind of out flooding money. How it will end in the mid-term is a question of believe. I do think that AUM will growth in the future but there is still a high sensibility to financial crisis and depressions.

However, let's face the facts. These are the latest dividend growers. Attached is also a list of the 20 biggest stocks with dividend growth in the past week. Which do you like?

These are the latest dividend growers....

5 Consistently Growing, Profitable, Well-capitalized Stocks With Ever-Increasing Dividend Yields

Sectors with consistent dividends – most notably, utilities – are treated like bonds and tend to do well in low-rate environments. That’s because yields move in the opposite direction of price. But when rates rise, prices fall. 

What I'm looking for are companies that are consistently growing, consistently profitable, well-capitalized, as well as with an ever-increasing dividend yield.

In additon, it's good to look for companies that have consistency like consumer staple companied.

Here are some of the stocks with ever growing sales in the past.

21 Dividend Growers Go Ex-Dividend Next Week

Dividends are important for income investors. The ex-dividend date is an important date related to the dividend payment. If you buy the stock before the ex-date, you will receive the next dividend.

Today I like to show you the best dividend growers who have their ex-dividend date within the next week. A full list can be found here. I publish there on a weekly basis the dates and yield figures. If you want to know who pays the highest dividend yield, check out this site: 20 Highest Yielding Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Upcoming Week June 29 – July 05, 2015.

Source: Forbes.com (click to enlarge)

Utilities and REITs are the highest yielding stocks on the list but cheap by forward P/E are only Duke, Crane and Ryder. Those are also high-beta stocks, except Duke.

But Duke has a debt to equity ratio of 1.07. Which stock do you favor?

5 Profitably Growing Dividend Stocks

Looking for stocks that are real profit-growth machines? There’s not many.

There are just five companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500, including financial Wells Fargo (WFC), food company Hershey (HSY) and retailer Home Depot (HD) that have boosted their profit each of the past six calendar years and that pay a market-beating 2% or higher annual dividend.

Attached is a list of the greatest companies on the market with phenomenal earnigns growth. Which do you like?

These are the results:

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Warren Buffett is one of the most trusted and popular investors on the market. He made from a dozen dollars over USD 58 billion. On this blog, I also cover the activities of the guru investor and publish his trades and thoughts.

There are several speculations on the market what Warren Buffett buys next. He has around USD 15 billion in cash, a number that is growing monthly. Some of Warren Buffett's criteria are:

- Market Capitalization from $15 Billion to $40 Billion

- Capital Expenditures / Net Fixed Assets > 10%

- 5-Year Average Growth in ROIC in Highest 50%

- P/E Ratio < Average Company Value in Home Market

- Return on Common Equity > 10%

- Excludes Banks, Brokerages, Asset Managers, Technology, Biotechnology Companies

By screening the market with the above mentioned criteria, there are popping out a few interesting stocks. Some are often discussed like General Mills or Hershey, W.W. Grainger or FedEx.

Big takeovers make sense for Warren Buffett, also when they are higher valuated. More important are the stable cash flows. The strategy is to buy stocks that have big brands and produce products. They buy commodities and create wonderful things for people all over the world.

5 picks that Warren Buffett would like to consider....

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has a market capitalization of $30.78 billion. The company employs 41,000 people, generates revenue of $17.774 billion and has a net income of $1.793 billion. General Mills’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.443 billion. The EBITDA margin is 19.37 percent (the operating margin is 16.04 percent and the net profit margin 10.09 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.17 percent of General Mills’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 119.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.34 percent was realized by General Mills. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.69. Last fiscal year, General Mills paid $0.99 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.31, the P/S ratio is 1.73 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.73. The dividend yield amounts to 3.08 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.20.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of General Mills (GIS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of General Mills (GIS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Mills (GIS)

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) has a market capitalization of $21.45 billion. The company employs 12,100 people, generates revenue of $6.644 billion and has a net income of $660.93 million. Hershey’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.399 billion. The EBITDA margin is 21.07 percent (the operating margin is 16.72 percent and the net profit margin 9.95 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 40.10 percent of Hershey’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 183.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 69.79 percent was realized by Hershey. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.45. Last fiscal year, Hershey paid $1.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.80, the P/S ratio is 3.21 and the P/B ratio is finally 20.71. The dividend yield amounts to 2.02 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.21.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Hershey (HSY)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Hershey (HSY)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hershey (HSY)

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $17.65 billion. The company employs 21,100 people, generates revenue of $8.950 billion and has a net income of $698.85 million. W.W. Grainger’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.357 billion. The EBITDA margin is 15.16 percent (the operating margin is 12.64 percent and the net profit margin 7.81 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.26 percent of W.W. Grainger’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 18.67 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.97 percent was realized by W.W. Grainger. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $11.25. Last fiscal year, W.W. Grainger paid $3.06 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.61, the P/S ratio is 1.97 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.84. The dividend yield amounts to 1.46 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.92.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) has a market capitalization of $37.00 billion. The company employs 20,930 people, generates revenue of $14.089 billion and has a net income of $1.669 billion. CBS Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.594 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.51 percent (the operating margin is 20.95 percent and the net profit margin 11.85 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.38 percent of CBS Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 57.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.24 percent was realized by CBS Corporation. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.94. Last fiscal year, CBS Corporation paid $0.44 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.96, the P/S ratio is 2.63 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.80. The dividend yield amounts to 0.78 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 2.27.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of CBS Corporation (CBS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of CBS Corporation (CBS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of CBS Corporation (CBS)

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) has a market capitalization of $44.34 billion. The company employs 112,000 people, generates revenue of $44.287 billion and has a net income of $1.561 billion. FedEx’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5.538 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.50 percent (the operating margin is 5.76 percent and the net profit margin 3.52 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 8.91 percent of FedEx’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 17.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.72 percent was realized by FedEx. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.19. Last fiscal year, FedEx paid $0.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.37, the P/S ratio is 1.00 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.60. The dividend yield amounts to 0.42 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.50.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of FedEx (FDX)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of FedEx (FDX)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of FedEx (FDX)

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Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 21, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

In total, 94 stocks go ex dividend - of which 33 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 6.09%. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the upcoming week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Pembina Pipeline Corporation	PBA	9.76B	30.58	2.05	2.13	5.03%
Transocean Ltd.	RIG	16.75B	10.16	1.07	1.80	4.81%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	203.07B	13.25	1.17	3.84	3.65%
Prudential plc	PUK	47.13B	18.40	3.15	0.56	3.38%
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc	IHG	10.20B	15.93	33.08	5.56	2.83%
Carnival Corporation	CCL	27.81B	18.60	1.19	1.81	2.79%
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	RBA	2.04B	27.70	3.08	4.64	2.72%
Carnival plc	CUK	29.17B	19.50	1.25	1.90	2.66%
British American Tobacco plc	BTI	101.69B	16.68	9.44	4.25	2.57%
3M Co.	MMM	79.56B	18.12	4.45	2.63	2.20%
Hershey Co.	HSY	21.18B	29.56	19.03	3.10	2.05%
Limited Brands, Inc.	LTD	17.06B	22.71	-	1.61	2.03%
Snap-on Inc.	SNA	5.59B	17.14	2.97	1.85	1.58%
Equifax Inc.	EFX	7.52B	25.77	3.59	3.33	1.42%
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.	NUS	4.97B	21.40	7.17	2.12	1.42%
Primerica, Inc.	PRI	2.17B	13.88	1.90	1.77	1.14%