$69.45 0.87 (+1.27%)
2/9/2010 4:00 PM

General Mills, Inc. (GIS)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of branded, packaged, consumer foods and operates in the consumer foods industry. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries.

Current Price $69.45 Mkt Cap $22.89B
Open $68.87 P/E Ratio 13.77
Prev. Close $68.58 Div. (Yield) 1.96 (2.80%)
Daily Range $68.87 - $69.82 Volume 1,850,394
52-Wk Range $46.37 - $72.46 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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DarthMaul09 (33.46)
Submitted January 13, 2010

This is more a bet on the S&P 500 lagging General Mills' relatively steady rise. The index is likely to see some significant sell off days, while GIS will probably see a slow steady rise in its stock price. The 5 year time frame is just to… More

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JasonofTepper (69.34)
Submitted November 04, 2008

Will return to $60 after this short-lived election bull run dies out.

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Member Avatar brokhernowhysher (53.38) Submitted: 2/3/2010 6:54:19 PM : Outperform Start Price: $70.15 GIS Score: +0.62

People need to eat to exist. The stars seem to be aligning for a major downturn in the economy, (none of last years problems have really been fixed, they have just been recapitalized with tax dollars and pushed into the future). When this occurs is the question. A long time stable company like General Mills should be able to ride it out.

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Member Avatar adamritt (< 20) Submitted: 2/3/2010 5:52:56 PM : Outperform Start Price: $70.15 GIS Score: +0.62

Modest price appreciation plus solid dividend should exceed S&P, though it will be below my personal goal of 15 percent annual appreciation. I'd love the price to be 10 percent lower.

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Member Avatar DarthMaul09 (33.46) Submitted: 1/13/2010 3:34:41 AM : Outperform Start Price: $71.24 GIS Score: +3.39

This is more a bet on the S&P 500 lagging General Mills' relatively steady rise. The index is likely to see some significant sell off days, while GIS will probably see a slow steady rise in its stock price. The 5 year time frame is just to maximize the probability that this will be correct.

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TMFStockPick06

TMFStockPick06 (65.46) Score: +61.73

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
TMFStockPick06 65.46 5/23/2006 Outperform 1Y $45.72 +51.89% -9.83% +61.73 1 Comment
Howle741 94.37 8/10/2007 Outperform 1Y $50.70 +36.97% -21.83% +58.80
buckeyeshah 89.20 9/20/2006 Outperform 1Y $48.42 +43.44% -13.95% +57.39
bigdumby 97.74 9/14/2006 Outperform 3M $48.16 +44.21% -13.12% +57.33
sandman1481 91.75 8/1/2007 9/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $51.50 +34.86% -22.26% +57.12
Palookajoe < 20 7/26/2007 Outperform 5Y $52.59 +32.05% -24.85% +56.90
11Below4 87.40 9/19/2006 Outperform 1Y $48.53 +43.12% -13.70% +56.82
MCHSkdog 81.24 7/31/2007 Outperform 1Y $52.26 +32.90% -23.91% +56.80
togil07 89.00 9/13/2006 Outperform 3Y $48.44 +43.36% -13.38% +56.74 1 Comment
gambler1694 < 20 9/13/2006 Outperform 1Y $48.45 +43.34% -13.15% +56.48
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Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackRBCCapMkts 86.33 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $50.23 +38.26% +19.77% +18.50
TrackBarclaysCap 94.50 3/19/2009 Outperform NS $45.68 +52.03% +36.82% +15.21
TrackSoleil 93.91 9/3/2008 Outperform NS $65.07 -10.05% -21.87% +11.83 9/2/2009 @ $58.53
TrackStifel 96.44 2/13/2008 Outperform NS $52.45 +32.42% -17.84% +50.26
TrackCitigroup 85.92 1/28/2008 Outperform NS $50.13 +38.55% -16.15% +54.70
TrackDeutscheSec 89.68 10/26/2007 Outperform NS $53.94 +28.76% -26.61% +55.37
TrackVanDenBerg 81.67 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $54.00 +28.61% -26.38% +54.99 6 Comments
TrackDodgeCox 90.73 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $54.00 +28.61% -26.38% +54.99 2 Comments
TrackBillNygren 94.66 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $54.00 +28.61% -26.38% +54.99 2 Comments
TrackBRogers 97.70 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $55.67 +6.60% -45.77% +52.38 2/3/2009 @ $59.35 2 Comments
TrackLehmanBros 85.06 9/20/2007 Outperform NS $55.46 +25.22% -26.37% +51.60
TrackCreditSuiss 93.62 9/20/2007 Outperform NS $55.26 +25.69% -26.39% +52.08
TrackUBS 87.99 9/6/2007 Outperform NS $53.43 +29.98% -23.71% +53.69
TrackBMOCapital 91.22 8/27/2007 Outperform NS $53.38 +30.11% -23.40% +53.52
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/16/2007 Outperform 3W $51.63 +34.51% -18.17% +52.68
TrackLongbow 83.96 11/2/2006 Outperform NS $52.06 +33.39% -16.53% +49.93
TrackJimCramer < 20 10/10/2006 Underperform 3W $55.76 +0.57% +2.33% +1.75 3/17/2007 @ $56.08
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/22/2006 Outperform 3W $55.24 +0.94% +2.94% -2.00 10/11/2006 @ $55.76
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/21/2006 Underperform 3W $54.75 +0.89% -0.25% -1.14 9/23/2006 @ $55.24
TrackJPMorgan 84.76 9/8/2006 Underperform NS $51.87 +9.32% +8.08% -1.24 1/14/2008 @ $56.71
TrackJimCramer < 20 6/16/2006 Outperform 3W $50.44 +8.54% +5.31% +3.23 9/22/2006 @ $54.75

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