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General Mills, Inc. Inc. (GIS) Price Performance: The Role of Share Buybacks and Stock Splits

The performance of the stock price over the year has been up and down, leaving investors with either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, depending on how they interpret the data. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded an increase of 4.14%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been weaker by 7.61%. The price of GIS increased 1.62% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -3.33%.

The stock market performance of General Mills, Inc. has been fairly unsteady. Over the last year, the company’s stock hit its highest at $90.89 on 05/15/23, while the lowest price during the same time frame was $60.33, recorded on 10/06/23.

52-week price history of GIS Stock

The history of a stock’s 52-week high and low prices can provide important information about its current state and future potential. General Mills, Inc.’s current trading price is -25.36% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 12.45%. The stock’s price range for this period has been between $60.33 and $90.89. The Consumer Defensive sector company’s shares saw a trading volume of about 4.21 million for the day, which was lower than the average daily volume of 4.26 million over the last three months.

The Connection Between Financial Performance and Market Capitalization

General Mills, Inc. (GIS) has experienced a quarterly rise of 7.97% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 38.30B and boasts a workforce of 34000 employees.

How Moving Averages and Trading Volume Data Work Together

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 65.56, with a change in price of +3.71. Similarly, General Mills, Inc. recorded 4,290,627 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +5.79%.

GIS’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: A Comprehensive Review

A key metric for assessing a company’s financial well-being and market status is the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio is derived by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, and it demonstrates the level of debt a company uses to support its assets relative to shareholder equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for GIS stands at 1.33. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 1.17.

GIS Stock Stochastic Average

As of today, the raw stochastic average of General Mills, Inc. over the last 50 days is at 49.06%. This shows a increasee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 20.74%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 15.42% and 17.96%, respectively.