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While presenting in a conservative and neutral view on highlighted companies, The Savvy Profiler is designed to give aggressive ideas and insight on investing in big name companies, yet with safe growth – regardless of the general market direction. This week’s Savvy Profile:
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Company Name: General Mills, Inc.
Ticker: GIS
Last Trade: $39.24
52wk Range: 34.64-41.06
Business Summary:
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries. The company offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, ready-to-serve soup, dry dinners, shelf stable and frozen vegetables, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, grain, fruit and savory snacks; and a range of organic products, including soup, granola bars, and cereals; and ice cream and frozen desserts, and grain snacks. It sells its products through its direct sales personnel, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount chains, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, and convenience stores. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Recent Headlines on General Mills, Inc.:
- 7 Higher-Yielding Consumer Stocks To Build Your Yieldat Seeking Alpha(Tue 11:55AM EDT)
- Annual Facebook Rankings: Which Minnesota companies are most “liked”?at bizjournals.com(Tue 11:47AM EDT)
- CORRECTING and REPLACING General Mills Will Web Cast Its Presentation at the 2012 Barclays America Select Franchise ConferenceBusiness Wire(Mon, May 7)
- P&G Downgraded: Margins and Market Share Slippingat Barrons.com(Mon, May 7)
- [video] Exposure to Emerging Markets is Keyat TheStreet(Mon, May 7)
- Keep Heat On IRS Commissioner Shulman; whistleblowers needed to uncover offshore tax abusesat Forbes(Mon, May 7)
- S&P 500 Dividend Health, Forecast Changes for May 7at Bloomberg(Mon, May 7)
- One Man’s Search For A Safe And Growing Stream Of Income, Part 2at Seeking Alpha(Mon, May 7)
- CSM to sell bakery operations with $3.1B of salesAP(Mon, May 7)
Recent Press on General Mills, Inc.:
- CORRECTING and REPLACING General Mills Will Web Cast Its Presentation at the 2012 Barclays America Select Franchise ConferenceBusiness Wire(Mon, May 7)
- General Mills Announces Winners of The Munchies: People’s Choice Food AwardsBusiness Wire(Fri, May 4)
- Betty Crocker Celebrates Cinco de MayoBusiness Wire(Tue, May 1)
Company Overview:
Target Price: $52.20
Risk: MEDIUM
Short Term Rating: HOLD
Long Term Rating: HOLD
*analyst ratings are from wikiwealth.com
(http://www.wikiwealth.com/research:gis)
To making money,
Lourdes Janzen
LJ Investment Research
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