Is GIS a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores General Mills, Inc. on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how GIS compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is General Mills, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to GIS based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes GIS a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

GIS - General Mills, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B- 64.6 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

C+ 60.0

5yr Avg ROIC 11.3% 67/100
Operating Margin Trend -0.18 pp/yr 44/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 97.2

5yr Avg ROE 27.0% 100/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -2.6% 92/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

D+ 39.6

5yr Revenue CAGR 1.8% 35/100
5yr EPS CAGR 2.1% 34/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

A- 85.8

5yr FCF Margin 12.6% 76/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.98x 98/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

C- 47.5

Net Debt / EBITDA 3.81x 34/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 6.16x 70/100
Altman Z-Score 2.13 45/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B- 64.8

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.23 66/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 2 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 4
Avg Δ position: +303.7%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Wood increased +1204%
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Greenblatt decreased -26%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.