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General Mills
Packaged Foods & Meats · Consumer Staples · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$39.99
+5.0% on the session
1-year return
-13.9%
-8.8% over six months
Volatility
27.6%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-34.3%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

General Mills is a packaged foods & meats name in the consumer staples sector. Over the past year it returned -13.9%, against +20.5% over three months and +7.6% over one. It sits just 2.1% above its 200-day average — technically in an uptrend, but without much room. Annualized volatility of 27.6% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -34.3%, and it has traded a median $322M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.14 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Staples#26 of 34
Stronger than 24% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#292 of 500

How GIS scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Packaged Foods & Meats.

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Full metrics
1 day+5.0%
1 week+4.7%
1 month+7.6%
3 months+20.5%
6 months-8.8%
1 year-13.9%
12-1 momentum-20.0%
Volatility (1y, annualized)27.6%
Max drawdown (1y)-34.3%
Distance vs 200-day average+2.1%
Return per unit of risk-0.50
Median daily dollar volume$322M
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