GIS General Mills, Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
General Mills, Inc. functions as a prominent global producer and vendor of well-known consumer food brands. The company structures its widespread operations into five main divisions: North American retail, convenience stores and foodservice providers, Europe and Australia, Asia and Latin America, and a dedicated pet segment. Their broad catalog of products features a diverse range of items for consumers. This includes breakfast cereals, chilled yogurts, various soups, and ready-to-prepare meal kits. The offering also extends to refrigerated and frozen dough items, baking and dessert mixes, flours for culinary use, frozen pizzas and pizza snacks, along with an assortment of snack bars, fruit snacks, savory and grain snacks, and ice cream. For health-conscious consumers, they provide nutrition bars and wellness beverages, in addition to organic frozen and shelf-stable vegetables. Beyond direct consumer sales, General Mills supplies both branded and unbranded food goods to the North American foodservice sector and commercial bakeries. Furthermore, they are a significant participant in the pet food industry, manufacturing a variety of dog and cat food products. The company markets its merchandise under an extensive collection of trademarks, such as: Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Blue Basics, Blue Freedom, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Oui, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, Yoki, and Yoplait. General Mills distributes its products through a vast network, utilizing both direct sales and arrangements with brokers and distributors. Their reach encompasses a wide array of sales points, including traditional grocery stores, large-scale mass merchandisers, membership clubs, natural food retailers, online marketplaces, various commercial and non-commercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, specialized pet stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount retail chains. Complementing its extensive business, the corporation
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
6.81%
At the Sep 14, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$2.4400
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
44.9
As of Sep 14, 2026
Our 0-100 house score blending yield quality, payout sustainability (the trailing-twelve-month payout ratio), profitability (TTM return on equity), valuation (TTM price-to-book) and payment reliability, recomputed daily. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
35
As of Sep 14, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$32.17 – $51.11
Closes through Sep 11, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
n/a
12 months to May 31, 2026 (Q4 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
43
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
2.61
Price as of Sep 14, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
GIS's dividend yield fell from 7.09% to 6.81% over the past ~90 days (-0.29 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.29 pp from the share price ($34.40 on Jun 16, 2026 → $35.85 on Sep 14, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 335 daily observations over the past 16 months (through Sep 11, 2026), GIS's current yield is higher than approximately 83% of them. Our stored price history for GIS covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.6100 Q | Regular | Jul 01, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | Aug 03, 2026 |
| $0.6100 Q | Regular | Jan 26, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 10, 2026 | May 01, 2026 |
| $0.6100 Q | Regular | Nov 17, 2025 | Jan 09, 2026 | Jan 09, 2026 | Feb 02, 2026 |
| $0.6100 Q | Regular | Sep 29, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | Nov 03, 2025 |
| $0.6100 Q | Regular | Jun 25, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 01, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jan 28, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | May 01, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 18, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | Jan 10, 2025 | Feb 03, 2025 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | Nov 01, 2024 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | Jul 10, 2024 | Aug 01, 2024 |
| $0.5900 Q | Regular | Jan 30, 2024 | Apr 09, 2024 | Apr 10, 2024 | May 01, 2024 |
| $0.5900 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2023 | Jan 09, 2024 | Jan 10, 2024 | Feb 01, 2024 |
| $0.5900 Q | Regular | Sep 26, 2023 | Oct 06, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Nov 01, 2023 |
| $0.5900 Q | Regular | Jun 28, 2023 | Jul 07, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Aug 01, 2023 |
| $0.5400 Q | Regular | Jan 30, 2023 | Apr 06, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | May 01, 2023 |
| $0.5400 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2022 | Jan 09, 2023 | Jan 10, 2023 | Feb 01, 2023 |
| $0.5400 Q | Regular | Sep 27, 2022 | Oct 06, 2022 | Oct 10, 2022 | Nov 01, 2022 |
| $0.5400 Q | Regular | Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 07, 2022 | Jul 08, 2022 | Aug 01, 2022 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Jan 24, 2022 | Apr 07, 2022 | Apr 08, 2022 | May 02, 2022 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Nov 15, 2021 | Jan 07, 2022 | Jan 10, 2022 | Feb 01, 2022 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Sep 27, 2021 | Oct 07, 2021 | Oct 08, 2021 | Nov 01, 2021 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 08, 2021 | Jul 09, 2021 | Aug 02, 2021 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Jan 25, 2021 | Apr 08, 2021 | Apr 09, 2021 | May 03, 2021 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2020 | Jan 07, 2021 | Jan 08, 2021 | Feb 01, 2021 |
| $0.5100 Q | Regular | Sep 23, 2020 | Oct 08, 2020 | Oct 09, 2020 | Nov 02, 2020 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Jun 30, 2020 | Jul 09, 2020 | Jul 10, 2020 | Aug 03, 2020 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Jan 27, 2020 | Apr 08, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | May 01, 2020 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Nov 18, 2019 | Jan 09, 2020 | Jan 10, 2020 | Feb 03, 2020 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2019 | Oct 09, 2019 | Oct 10, 2019 | Nov 01, 2019 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Jun 25, 2019 | Jul 09, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 | Aug 01, 2019 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2019 | Apr 09, 2019 | Apr 10, 2019 | May 01, 2019 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2018 | Jan 09, 2019 | Jan 10, 2019 | Feb 01, 2019 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Sep 25, 2018 | Oct 09, 2018 | Oct 10, 2018 | Nov 01, 2018 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Jun 26, 2018 | Jul 09, 2018 | Jul 10, 2018 | Aug 01, 2018 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Mar 19, 2018 | Apr 09, 2018 | Apr 10, 2018 | May 01, 2018 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Dec 20, 2017 | Jan 09, 2018 | Jan 10, 2018 | Feb 01, 2018 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Sep 26, 2017 | Oct 06, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 01, 2017 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Jun 28, 2017 | Jul 06, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Aug 01, 2017 |
| $0.4800 Q | Regular | Mar 14, 2017 | Apr 06, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | May 01, 2017 |
| $0.4800 Q | Regular | Dec 13, 2016 | Jan 06, 2017 | Jan 10, 2017 | Feb 01, 2017 |
| $0.4800 Q | Regular | Sep 27, 2016 | Oct 05, 2016 | Oct 10, 2016 | Nov 01, 2016 |
| $0.4800 Q | Regular | Jun 29, 2016 | Jul 07, 2016 | Jul 11, 2016 | Aug 01, 2016 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Mar 08, 2016 | Apr 07, 2016 | Apr 11, 2016 | May 02, 2016 |
| $0.4400 Q | Regular | Dec 15, 2015 | Jan 07, 2016 | Jan 11, 2016 | Feb 01, 2016 |
| $0.4400 Q | Regular | Sep 29, 2015 | Oct 07, 2015 | Oct 12, 2015 | Nov 02, 2015 |
| $0.4400 Q | Regular | Jun 30, 2015 | Jul 08, 2015 | Jul 10, 2015 | Aug 03, 2015 |
| $0.4400 Q | Regular | Mar 10, 2015 | Apr 08, 2015 | Apr 10, 2015 | May 01, 2015 |
| $0.4100 Q | Regular | Dec 16, 2014 | Jan 08, 2015 | Jan 12, 2015 | Feb 02, 2015 |
| $0.4100 Q | Regular | Sep 23, 2014 | Oct 08, 2014 | Oct 10, 2014 | Nov 03, 2014 |
| $0.4100 Q | Regular | Jun 24, 2014 | Jul 08, 2014 | Jul 10, 2014 | Aug 01, 2014 |
| $0.4100 Q | Regular | Mar 11, 2014 | Apr 08, 2014 | Apr 10, 2014 | May 01, 2014 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Dec 10, 2013 | Jan 08, 2014 | Jan 10, 2014 | Feb 03, 2014 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2013 | Oct 08, 2013 | Oct 10, 2013 | Nov 01, 2013 |
| $0.3800 Q | Regular | Mar 12, 2013 | Jul 08, 2013 | Jul 10, 2013 | Aug 01, 2013 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Mar 12, 2013 | Apr 08, 2013 | Apr 10, 2013 | May 01, 2013 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Dec 11, 2012 | Jan 08, 2013 | Jan 10, 2013 | Feb 01, 2013 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2012 | Oct 05, 2012 | Oct 10, 2012 | Nov 01, 2012 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Jun 26, 2012 | Jul 06, 2012 | Jul 10, 2012 | Aug 01, 2012 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Mar 14, 2012 | Apr 05, 2012 | Apr 10, 2012 | May 01, 2012 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Dec 14, 2011 | Jan 06, 2012 | Jan 10, 2012 | Feb 01, 2012 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Sep 27, 2011 | Oct 05, 2011 | Oct 10, 2011 | Nov 01, 2011 |
| $0.3050 Q | Regular | Jun 29, 2011 | Jul 07, 2011 | Jul 11, 2011 | Aug 01, 2011 |
| $0.2800 Q | Regular | Mar 17, 2011 | Apr 07, 2011 | Apr 11, 2011 | May 02, 2011 |
| $0.2800 Q | Regular | Dec 15, 2010 | Jan 06, 2011 | Jan 10, 2011 | Feb 01, 2011 |
| $0.2800 Q | Regular | Sep 28, 2010 | Oct 06, 2010 | Oct 11, 2010 | Nov 01, 2010 |
| $0.2800 Q | Regular | Jun 29, 2010 | Jul 08, 2010 | Jul 12, 2010 | Aug 02, 2010 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Mar 16, 2010 | Apr 08, 2010 | Apr 12, 2010 | May 03, 2010 |
| $0.4900 Q | Regular | Dec 15, 2009 | Jan 07, 2010 | Jan 11, 2010 | Feb 01, 2010 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Sep 22, 2009 | Oct 07, 2009 | Oct 12, 2009 | Nov 02, 2009 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Jun 30, 2009 | Jul 08, 2009 | Jul 10, 2009 | Aug 03, 2009 |
| $0.4300 Q | Regular | Mar 09, 2009 | Apr 07, 2009 | Apr 09, 2009 | May 01, 2009 |
| $0.4300 Q | Regular | Dec 08, 2008 | Jan 08, 2009 | Jan 12, 2009 | Feb 02, 2009 |
| $0.4300 Q | Regular | Sep 22, 2008 | Oct 08, 2008 | Oct 10, 2008 | Nov 03, 2008 |
| $0.4300 Q | Regular | Jun 23, 2008 | Jul 08, 2008 | Jul 10, 2008 | Aug 01, 2008 |
| $0.4000 Q | Regular | Mar 10, 2008 | Apr 08, 2008 | Apr 10, 2008 | May 01, 2008 |
| $0.3900 Q | Regular | Dec 10, 2007 | Jan 08, 2008 | Jan 10, 2008 | Feb 01, 2008 |
| $0.3900 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2007 | Oct 05, 2007 | Oct 10, 2007 | Nov 01, 2007 |
| $0.3900 Q | Regular | Jun 25, 2007 | Jul 06, 2007 | Jul 10, 2007 | Aug 01, 2007 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | Mar 12, 2007 | Apr 05, 2007 | Apr 10, 2007 | May 01, 2007 |
| $0.3700 Q | Regular | Dec 11, 2006 | Jan 08, 2007 | Jan 10, 2007 | Feb 01, 2007 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Sep 25, 2006 | Oct 05, 2006 | Oct 10, 2006 | Nov 01, 2006 |
| $0.3500 Q | Regular | Jun 26, 2006 | Jul 06, 2006 | Jul 10, 2006 | Aug 01, 2006 |
| $0.3400 Q | Regular | Mar 13, 2006 | Apr 06, 2006 | Apr 10, 2006 | May 01, 2006 |
| $0.3400 Q | Regular | Dec 12, 2005 | Jan 06, 2006 | Jan 10, 2006 | Feb 01, 2006 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Sep 26, 2005 | Oct 05, 2005 | Oct 10, 2005 | Nov 01, 2005 |
| $0.3300 Q | Regular | Jun 27, 2005 | Jul 07, 2005 | Jul 11, 2005 | Aug 01, 2005 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Feb 28, 2005 | Apr 07, 2005 | Apr 11, 2005 | May 02, 2005 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Dec 13, 2004 | Jan 06, 2005 | Jan 10, 2005 | Feb 01, 2005 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Sep 27, 2004 | Oct 06, 2004 | Oct 11, 2004 | Nov 01, 2004 |
| $0.3100 Q | Regular | Jun 30, 2004 | Jul 08, 2004 | Jul 12, 2004 | Aug 02, 2004 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Feb 23, 2004 | Apr 07, 2004 | Apr 12, 2004 | May 03, 2004 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Dec 15, 2003 | Jan 08, 2004 | Jan 12, 2004 | Feb 02, 2004 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Sep 22, 2003 | Oct 08, 2003 | Oct 10, 2003 | Nov 03, 2003 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Jun 23, 2003 | Jul 08, 2003 | Jul 10, 2003 | Aug 01, 2003 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 2003 | Apr 08, 2003 | Apr 10, 2003 | May 01, 2003 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Dec 16, 2002 | Jan 08, 2003 | Jan 10, 2003 | Feb 03, 2003 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Sep 23, 2002 | Oct 08, 2002 | Oct 10, 2002 | Nov 01, 2002 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Jun 24, 2002 | Jul 08, 2002 | Jul 10, 2002 | Aug 01, 2002 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Feb 25, 2002 | Apr 08, 2002 | Apr 10, 2002 | May 01, 2002 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Dec 17, 2001 | Jan 08, 2002 | Jan 10, 2002 | Feb 01, 2002 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Sep 24, 2001 | Oct 05, 2001 | Oct 10, 2001 | Nov 01, 2001 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Jun 25, 2001 | Jul 06, 2001 | Jul 10, 2001 | Aug 01, 2001 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 2001 | Apr 06, 2001 | Apr 10, 2001 | May 01, 2001 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Dec 18, 2000 | Jan 08, 2001 | Jan 10, 2001 | Feb 01, 2001 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Sep 25, 2000 | Oct 05, 2000 | Oct 10, 2000 | Nov 01, 2000 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Jun 26, 2000 | Jul 06, 2000 | Jul 10, 2000 | Aug 01, 2000 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Feb 21, 2000 | Apr 06, 2000 | Apr 10, 2000 | May 01, 2000 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Dec 13, 1999 | Jan 06, 2000 | Jan 10, 2000 | Feb 01, 2000 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | - | Oct 06, 1999 | Oct 08, 1999 | Nov 01, 1999 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | Jun 28, 1999 | Jul 07, 1999 | Jul 09, 1999 | Aug 02, 1999 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | Feb 22, 1999 | Apr 07, 1999 | Apr 09, 1999 | May 01, 1999 |
| $0.5500 Q | Regular | Dec 14, 1998 | Jan 06, 1999 | Jan 08, 1999 | Feb 01, 1999 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Sep 28, 1998 | Oct 07, 1998 | Oct 09, 1998 | Nov 02, 1998 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Jun 22, 1998 | Jul 08, 1998 | Jul 10, 1998 | Aug 01, 1998 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Feb 23, 1998 | Apr 07, 1998 | Apr 10, 1998 | May 01, 1998 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Dec 08, 1997 | Jan 07, 1998 | Jan 09, 1998 | Feb 02, 1998 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Sep 22, 1997 | Oct 08, 1997 | Oct 10, 1997 | Nov 01, 1997 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Jun 23, 1997 | Jul 08, 1997 | Jul 10, 1997 | Aug 01, 1997 |
| $0.5300 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 1997 | Apr 08, 1997 | Apr 10, 1997 | May 01, 1997 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Dec 09, 1996 | Jan 08, 1997 | Jan 10, 1997 | Feb 01, 1997 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Sep 30, 1996 | Oct 08, 1996 | Oct 10, 1996 | Nov 01, 1996 |
Peer Comparison
Selected Packaged Foods dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKC | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 3.74% | 7.6% | 27 yrs | 82 |
| GUZOF | Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. | 3.04% | 28.0% | 5 yrs | 82 |
| MKC-V | McCormick & Company, Incorporated | 3.40% | 7.6% | 22 yrs | 77 |
| HOFJF | House Foods Group Inc. | 3.34% | 0.8% | 0 yrs | 76 |
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GIS dividend — frequently asked questions
Does General Mills, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. General Mills, Inc. (GIS) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $2.44 per share, a yield of approximately 6.81%.
What is General Mills, Inc.'s dividend yield?
General Mills, Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 6.81%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does General Mills, Inc. pay dividends?
General Mills, Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
How long has General Mills, Inc. paid dividends?
General Mills, Inc. has 43 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Data updated Sep 14, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.