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$58.50 0.32 (+0.55%)

7/2/2009 4:16 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	$58.50	Mkt Cap	$19.14B
Open	$0.00	P/E Ratio	17.21
Prev. Close	$58.18	Div. (Yield)	1.88 (3.20%)
Daily Range	$57.76 - $59.16	Volume	0
52-Wk Range	$46.37 - $72.01	Avg. Daily Vol.	0

GIS News and Articles

Consumers Chow Down on General Mills Investors may want to follow the lead of consumers and stock up on shares.
Analyst boosts Kellogg estimates on peer trends Jul 2 at 11:06 AM – Associated Press
Business Highlights Jul 1 at 6:27 PM – Associated Press
Stocks advance after mixed data; Jobs report looms Jul 1 at 5:41 PM – Associated Press
General Mills: 2010 profit to rise, costs to slow Jul 1 at 5:08 PM – Associated Press
AIG, General Mills, MetroPCS are big movers Jul 1 at 4:29 PM – Associated Press
Stocks advance after mixed economic data Jul 1 at 3:12 PM – Associated Press
General Mills 4th-quarter profit almost doubles Jul 1 at 10:27 AM – Associated Press
Wall Street starts 3Q on high note Jul 1 at 9:59 AM – Associated Press

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Wall Street

16 Outperform

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Top GIS Bull/Bear Pitches

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MrGullible (22.15)
Submitted March 23, 2009

Just being contrarian....

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JasonofTepper (55.10)
Submitted November 04, 2008

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

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GIS VS S&P 500 (SPY)

GIS Summary

Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: Food Products
Tags: Large Cap (353), Food Products (95), Packaged Goods (27), Minneapolis (15), Dividend (195), Minnesota (27), S&P 500 (452), Food - Major Diversified (13), Consumer Staples (238)

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antonpr (< 20) Submitted: 7/2/2009 11:16:24 AM : Outperform

Start Price: $58.45 GIS Score: +0.76

target $64 for end of july

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smartSheep (96.70) Submitted: 6/30/2009 9:51:08 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $57.36 GIS Score: +4.77

One of 5 unbelievable solid companies. And I've seen their products around my whole life.

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StocksForCash (< 20) Submitted: 6/30/2009 3:49:49 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $56.04 GIS Score: +6.60

I just laid on a bunch of shorts and closed most of my longs. Adding some defensive names here as I think we go down starting tomorrow (now that window dressing is done). I could be wrong but I think the next shoe is about to drop ... it might be employment data or commercial real estate ... don't know.

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bumbata (< 20) Score: +57.41

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in GIS.

Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Commentary
TMFStockPick06	69.31	5/23/2006	1Y	$46.74	+25.15%	-29.47%	+54.62	1 Comment
Howle741	94.29	8/10/2007	1Y	$51.83	+12.86%	-37.80%	+50.66
bigdumby	97.53	9/14/2006	3M	$49.23	+18.83%	-31.73%	+50.56
buckeyeshah	94.78	9/20/2006	1Y	$49.49	+18.19%	-32.09%	+50.29
togil07	88.85	9/13/2006	3Y	$49.52	+18.13%	-31.94%	+50.07	1 Comment
gambler1694	< 20	9/13/2006	1Y	$49.53	+18.10%	-31.75%	+49.86
11Below4	85.05	9/19/2006	1Y	$49.61	+17.93%	-31.89%	+49.82
sandman1481	95.94	~~8/1/2007~~ 9/3/2008	1Y	$52.64	+11.12%	-38.14%	+49.26
Palookajoe	< 20	7/26/2007	5Y	$53.77	+8.80%	-40.20%	+49.01
MCHSkdog	76.22	7/31/2007	1Y	$53.42	+9.50%	-39.45%	+48.95

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Wall Street

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Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	End Date	Commentary
TrackRBCCapMkts	88.51	5/28/2009	NS	$51.35	+13.92%	-0.72%	+14.64
TrackBarclaysCap	96.99	3/19/2009	NS	$46.70	+25.27%	+12.61%	+12.65
TrackSoleil	82.14	9/3/2008	NS	$65.58	-10.79%	-29.85%	+19.05
TrackStifel	96.67	2/13/2008	NS	$53.62	+9.11%	-33.97%	+43.08
TrackCitigroup	87.14	1/28/2008	NS	$51.24	+14.16%	-32.61%	+46.77
TrackDeutscheSec	85.14	10/26/2007	NS	$55.14	+6.10%	-41.32%	+47.42
TrackDodgeCox	92.97	9/30/2007	NS	$55.20	+5.97%	-41.14%	+47.11		2 Comments
TrackVanDenBerg	81.97	9/30/2007	NS	$55.20	+5.97%	-41.14%	+47.11		6 Comments
TrackBillNygren	90.29	9/30/2007	NS	$55.20	+5.97%	-41.14%	+47.11		2 Comments
TrackBRogers	95.62	9/30/2007	NS	$55.67	+6.60%	-45.77%	+52.38	2/3/2009 @ $59.35	2 Comments
TrackLehmanBros	80.65	9/20/2007	NS	$56.70	+3.18%	-41.42%	+44.59
TrackCreditSuiss	89.18	9/20/2007	NS	$56.49	+3.56%	-41.43%	+44.99
TrackUBS	86.07	9/6/2007	NS	$54.62	+7.10%	-39.30%	+46.40
TrackBMOCapital	87.19	8/27/2007	NS	$54.57	+7.21%	-39.05%	+46.26
TrackJimCramer	64.82	3/16/2007	3W	$52.78	+10.83%	-35.17%	+46.00
TrackLongbow	76.54	11/2/2006	NS	$53.22	+9.91%	-34.13%	+44.04
TrackJimCramer	64.82	10/10/2006	3W	$55.76	+0.57%	+2.33%	+1.75	3/17/2007 @ $56.08
TrackJimCramer	64.82	9/22/2006	3W	$55.24	+0.94%	+2.94%	-2.00	10/11/2006 @ $55.76
TrackJimCramer	64.82	9/21/2006	3W	$54.75	+0.89%	-0.25%	-1.14	9/23/2006 @ $55.24
TrackJPMorgan	82.92	9/8/2006	NS	$51.87	+9.32%	+8.08%	-1.24	1/14/2008 @ $56.71
TrackJimCramer	64.82	6/16/2006	3W	$50.44	+8.54%	+5.31%	+3.23	9/22/2006 @ $54.75

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