---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-072050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T12:25:48.585745+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills Q3 EPS $1.17 (+27%), revenue $5.1B (-1%); reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Q3 diluted EPS $1.17, up 27% YoY; adjusted EPS $1.17, up 22% in constant currency.
- Net sales $5.1B, down 1%; organic net sales also -1%; but up 7% on 2-year compound basis.
- Operating profit $911M (+25%); adjusted operating profit $914M (+14% constant currency).
- North America Retail segment sales flat, operating profit -4%; Pet sales -3% but op profit +25%.
- Reaffirms FY24 outlook: organic net sales -1% to flat; adj. op profit and EPS +4-5% in constant currency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-072050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524072050/0001193125-24-072050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524072050/d798673d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL MILLS INC reported quarter ended February 25, 2024 results: revenue $5.1 billion, EPS $1.17. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: quarter ended February 25, 2024
  - Revenue: $5.1 billion
  - EPS: $1.17
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: General Mills Reports Fiscal 2024 Third-quarter Results • Net sales of $5.1 billion were down 1 percent in the third quarter and organic net sales 1 were also down 1 percent; on a 2-year compound growth basis, net sales were up 6 percent and organic net sales were up 7 percent • Operating profit of $911 million was up 25 percent; adjusted operating profit of $914 million increased 14 percent in constant currency • Diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.17 were up 27 percent; adjusted diluted EPS of $1.17 increased 22 percent in constant currency • Company reaffirms full-year fiscal 2024 outlook
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524072050/0001193125-24-072050-index.htm

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