General Mills, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
GIS · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 34 days, change +2 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue -1.9%, CFFO -11.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 0.7% vs COGS -1.3%. Normal
CapEx growth -19.2% vs revenue -1.9%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 51.2%. Normal
Gross margin 34.6%, change -0.4pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.27. Profits backed by cash
FCF $2.3B, FCF/NI = 1.00
Accruals ratio = -1.9%. Low accruals
Cash $0.4B covers only 2% of debt $15.3B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $22.7B = 247% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 3.9x. Healthy
Other assets 8.5% vs revenue -1.9%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 4% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.54 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10