Valuation
26% of the score
0median 13
An operating loss over the last year: there are no earnings to price.
GISGeneral Mills
$33.60-31% 1Y
$33.60
$32.1752 weeks$48.95
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 41 out of 100, Below average
Below average. General Mills scores higher than 36% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
52median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 9.4% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
9.4%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 2.3%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 9 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -118%, and 7.6% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
97median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
975%
-3%
-2.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -1.2% a year, sales 0.3%
9612%
-2%
-1.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of -1.1% is -0.07x its normal 17%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
-0.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow -1.1%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
0median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA37.7x a year of EBITDA
04.5x
0.5x
37.7x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest -0x
01.5x
12x
-0.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
97median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.78x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.8x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.1% of assets
968%
0%
-8%
-7.1%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.92
96-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.92
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-30, latest annual report FY2026.
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