TTM
9.0%
YoY change
−0.97pp
Trough year (1985)
-3.4%
Peak year (2020)
18.2%
Latest annual
11.8%
FCF Margin history chart for General Mills (GIS) from 1984 to 2025
Latest: 11.8%
FCF Margin change chart for General Mills (GIS) from 1984 to 2025
Latest: −0.97pp
FCF Margin history table for General Mills (GIS) from 1984 to 2025
| 2025 | 11.8% | -0.97pp | ||
| 2024 | 12.7% | +2.34pp | ||
| 2023 | 10.4% | -4.07pp | ||
| 2022 | 14.5% | +0.94pp | ||
| 2021 | 13.5% | -4.71pp | ||
| 2020 | 18.2% | +4.79pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.5% | -0.64pp | ||
| 2018 | 14.1% | +3.01pp | ||
| 2017 | 11.1% | -1.20pp | ||
| 2016 | 12.3% | +1.90pp | ||
| 2015 | 10.4% | -0.10pp | ||
| 2014 | 10.5% | -2.53pp | ||
| 2013 | 13.0% | +2.61pp | ||
| 2012 | 10.4% | +4.46pp | ||
| 2011 | 5.9% | -4.53pp | ||
| 2010 | 10.5% | +1.85pp | ||
| 2009 | 8.6% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2008 | 8.8% | -1.53pp | ||
| 2007 | 10.4% | -2.29pp | ||
| 2006 | 12.7% | +0.64pp | ||
| 2005 | 12.0% | +4.50pp | ||
| 2004 | 7.5% | -1.23pp | ||
| 2003 | 8.8% | +3.64pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.1% | -2.75pp | ||
| 2001 | 7.9% | -0.25pp | ||
| 2000 | 8.1% | +1.63pp | ||
| 1999 | 6.5% | -3.22pp | ||
| 1998 | 9.7% | +2.14pp | ||
| 1997 | 7.6% | -2.23pp | ||
| 1996 | 9.8% | -0.36pp | ||
| 1995 | 10.2% | +6.98pp | ||
| 1994 | 3.2% | +0.28pp | ||
| 1993 | 2.9% | +1.92pp | ||
| 1992 | 1.0% | +1.12pp | ||
| 1991 | -0.1% | -1.50pp | ||
| 1990 | 1.4% | +2.90pp | ||
| 1989 | -1.5% | -0.19pp | ||
| 1988 | -1.4% | -2.99pp | ||
| 1987 | 1.6% | -0.68pp | ||
| 1986 | 2.3% | +5.71pp | ||
| 1985 | -3.4% | -2.27pp | ||
| 1984 | -1.1% | — |
- 202511.8%-0.97pp
- 202412.7%+2.34pp
- 202310.4%-4.07pp
- 202214.5%+0.94pp
- 202113.5%-4.71pp
- 202018.2%+4.79pp
- 201913.5%-0.64pp
- 201814.1%+3.01pp
- 201711.1%-1.20pp
- 201612.3%+1.90pp
- 201510.4%-0.10pp
- 201410.5%-2.53pp
- 201313.0%+2.61pp
- 201210.4%+4.46pp
- 20115.9%-4.53pp
- 201010.5%+1.85pp
- 20098.6%-0.23pp
- 20088.8%-1.53pp
- 200710.4%-2.29pp
- 200612.7%+0.64pp
- 200512.0%+4.50pp
- 20047.5%-1.23pp
- 20038.8%+3.64pp
- 20025.1%-2.75pp
- 20017.9%-0.25pp
- 20008.1%+1.63pp
- 19996.5%-3.22pp
- 19989.7%+2.14pp
- 19977.6%-2.23pp
- 19969.8%-0.36pp
- 199510.2%+6.98pp
- 19943.2%+0.28pp
- 19932.9%+1.92pp
- 19921.0%+1.12pp
- 1991-0.1%-1.50pp
- 19901.4%+2.90pp
- 1989-1.5%-0.19pp
- 1988-1.4%-2.99pp
- 19871.6%-0.68pp
- 19862.3%+5.71pp
- 1985-3.4%-2.27pp
- 1984-1.1%—
FCF Margin values are taken from General Mills's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at General Mills (GIS)
According to General Mills's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 9.0%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, General Mills (GIS) reported free cash flow margin of 11.77% – contracted 1.0 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 18.24% in 2020 and its low of -3.39% in 1985.
General Mills FCF Margin by Year
General Mills FCF Margin 2025: 11.8%
General Mills posted free cash flow margin of 11.77% in 2025, contracted 1.0 percentage points from 2024.
General Mills FCF Margin 2024: 12.7%
In 2024, General Mills reported free cash flow margin of 12.73%, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2023.
General Mills FCF Margin 2023: 10.4%
General Mills free cash flow margin in 2023 was 10.40%, contracted 4.1 percentage points from 2022.
General Mills FCF Margin 2022: 14.5%
2022's free cash flow margin for General Mills came in at 14.47%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2021.
General Mills FCF Margin 2021: 13.5%
General Mills free cash flow margin in 2021 was 13.53%.
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