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General Mills Ret. on equity

What is the Ret. on equity of General Mills?

The Ret. on equity of General Mills, Inc. is 25.96%

What is the definition of Ret. on equity?



Return on equity is a measure of the profitability of a business in relation to the book value of the shareholder equity. It is computed by dividing fiscal year net income by total shareholder equity.

ttm (trailing twelve months)

The return on equity (ROE) ROE is a measure of how well a company uses investments to generate earnings growth. ROE is used for comparing the performance of companies in the same industry. It indicated the management's ability to generate income from the equity available to it. ROEs of 15-20% are generally considered good. ROEs are also a factor in stock valuation, in association with other financial ratios. In general, stock prices are influenced by earnings per share (EPS), so that stock of a company with a 20% ROE will generally cost twice as much as one with a 10% ROE.

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What does General Mills do?

one of the world's leading food companies, general mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including cheerios, yoplait, betty crocker, pillsbury, häagen-dazs, nature valley, green giant, old el paso, progresso, cascadian farm, muir glen, and more. headquartered in minneapolis, minnesota, usa.

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