General Mills (NYSE: GIS) reported Q1 EPS of $0.86, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.81. Revenue for the quarter came in at $4.52 billion versus the consensus estimate of $4.52 billion.

General Mills’ top priority in fiscal 2026 is to restore volume-driven organic net sales growth. The company expects category growth to be below its long-term projections, reflecting less benefit from price/mix amid a continued challenging consumer backdrop. To strengthen its categories and market share performance, the company is increasing investment in consumer value, product news, innovation, and brand building, guided by its remarkable experience framework. This includes a significant strategic investment to launch Blue Buffalo into the fast-growing U.S. fresh pet food sub-category in the second quarter. The company expects the combination of these growth investments, input cost inflation (including the impact of tariffs), and normalization of corporate incentive expense will outpace its expectation for Holistic Margin Management cost savings of 5 percent of cost of goods sold, $100 million in global transformation and other efficiency savings, and benefits from a 53rd week in fiscal 2026. Additionally, the company expects the net impact of the North American Yogurt divestitures and the North American Whitebridge Pet Brands acquisition will reduce adjusted operating profit growth by approximately 5 points in fiscal 2026.

Based on the above assumptions, the company reaffirmed its full-year fiscal 2026 financial targets²:

• Organic net sales are expected to range between down 1 percent and up 1 percent.
• Adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS are both expected to be down 10 to 15 percent in constant currency.
• Free cash flow conversion is expected to be at least 95 percent of adjusted after-tax earnings.
• The net impact of divestitures, acquisitions, foreign currency exchange, and the 53rd week is expected to reduce full-year net sales growth by approximately 4 percent. Foreign currency exchange is not expected to have a material impact on adjusted operating profit or adjusted diluted EPS growth.

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