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General Mills (GIS) Announces Proposed Common Share Offering in Connection with Pending Acquisition of Blue Buffalo Pet Products

March 26, 2018 4:21 PM EDT

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) announced today that it has launched an underwritten public offering (the "Equity Offering") of approximately $1,000,000,000 of shares of its common stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock"). General Mills intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to approximately $100... More

General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $52 at Susquehanna

March 26, 2018 6:40 AM EDT

Susquehanna lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $52.00 (from $53.00) while maintaining a Positive rating.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $55 at Jefferies; 'Presenting Pro-Forma Model'

March 23, 2018 2:06 AM EDT

Jefferies lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $55.00 (from $63.00) while maintaining a Buy rating.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $48 at UBS

March 22, 2018 7:23 AM EDT

UBS lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $48.00 (from $58.00) while maintaining a Neutral rating.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $48 at Barclays; Remains Sidelined

March 22, 2018 7:21 AM EDT

Barclays lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $48.00 (from $55.00) while maintaining a Equalweight rating following the company's 3Q.

Barclays lowered 2018 EPS estimates from $3.21 to $3.12, based on the higher commodity and supply chain costs. Barclays continues to look for... More

General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $49 at Deutsche Bank Following 3Q

March 22, 2018 7:06 AM EDT

Deutsche Bank lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $49.00 (from $55.00) while maintaining a Hold rating following the company's 3Q earnings report. General Mills reported Q3 net sales growth of 2.3%, 30 bps ahead of consensus, driven by y/y sales growth in... More

General Mills (GIS): Cost Driven Weakness Is Transitory, Pricing Power Remains - Citi

March 22, 2018 6:35 AM EDT

Citi analyst, David Driscoll, reiterated his Buy rating on shares of General Mills (NYSE: GIS) but cut his price target to $61 from $69 after weak margins and a full year EPS guidance cut of -3% was driven by higher than expected cost inflation,

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $61 at Citi

March 22, 2018 6:30 AM EDT

Citi lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $61.00 (from $69.00) while maintaining a Buy rating.

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Increasing unusual put option volume: ARNA GES DRI TNTR ZION GIS NOG

March 22, 2018 5:43 AM EDT

Increasing unusual put option volume: ARNA GES DRI TNTR ZION GIS NOG

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Societe Generale Upgrades General Mills (GIS) to Hold, Says Margin Issues Hide Improving Top-Line Momentum

March 22, 2018 4:26 AM EDT

Societe Generale upgraded General Mills (NYSE: GIS) from Sell to Hold with a price target of $48.00.

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Shares of General Mills closed at $45.51 yesterday.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $51 at BMO Capital; '500 Basis Points of Growth Disappeared in 30 Days'

March 22, 2018 4:10 AM EDT

BMO Capital lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $51.00 (from $60.00) while maintaining a Market Perform rating.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $49 at Piper Jaffray

March 22, 2018 2:18 AM EDT

Piper Jaffray lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $49.00 (from $59.00) while maintaining a Neutral rating.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $48 at Stifel; 'A Discount Valuation Underscoring Investor Frustration'

March 22, 2018 2:11 AM EDT

Stifel lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $48.00 (from $57.00) while maintaining a Hold rating.

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General Mills (GIS) PT Lowered to $51 at Susquehanna; '3Q Margin Pressures Dent Visibility and Credibility'

March 22, 2018 2:06 AM EDT

Susquehanna lowered its price target on General Mills (NYSE: GIS) to $51.00 (from $57.00) while maintaining a Neutral rating.

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Pre-Open Movers 03/21: (PRTA) (PTI) (TEUM) (GIS) (LUV) (JWN) (SRPT)

March 21, 2018 9:13 AM EDT

Today's Pre-Open Movers

Prothena Corp. (NASDAQ: PRTA) climbed 19%; announced a global collaboration with Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) through a subsidiary, to develop new therapies for a broad range of neurodegenerative diseases.

Proteostasis Therapeutics (NASDAQ: PTI) gained 16%; announced today that it is not proceeding with its proposed public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering previously announced on March 19, 2018. The company believes that current market conditions are not conducive for an offering on terms that would be in... More

Stocks end modestly lower after Fed hikes rates; energy up

March 21, 2018 7:58 AM EDT

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Wednesday, with major indexes giving up gains in choppy trade after the Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates, while a strong gain in the energy space helped limit losses.

The Fed raised interest rates and forecast at least two more hikes for 2018, signaling growing confidence that U.S. tax cuts and government spending will boost the economy and inflation and lead to more aggressive future tightening.

The hike was widely expected, and new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in a news... More

Kellogg (K) Trades Lower in Sympathy with General Mills (GIS)

March 21, 2018 7:35 AM EDT

Kellogg (NYSE: K) traded lower pre-market in sympathy with peer General Mills (NYSE: GIS) after General Mills reported Q3 results.

General Mills declined 6.8% and Kellogg traded lower by 1.5%

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General Mills cuts profit forecast as freight, commodity costs weigh

March 21, 2018 7:26 AM EDT

By Richa Naidu and Uday Sampath Kumar

(Reuters) - Cheerios cereal maker General Mills Inc (NYSE: GIS) said a sharper-than-expected increase in freight and commodity costs would hurt full-year profit to a greater degree than it forecast just a month ago, driving its shares down more than 10 percent on Wednesday.

The Minneapolis-based company, which owns the Häagen-Dazs and Betty Crocker brands, said full-year segment operating profit would decline by 5 percent to 6 percent, widely below the decline of as much as 1 percent the company said it was expecting in February.

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General Mills (GIS) Tops Q3 EPS by 1c

March 21, 2018 7:02 AM EDT

General Mills (NYSE: GIS) reported Q3 EPS of $0.79, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.78. Revenue for the quarter came in at $3.9 billion versus the consensus estimate of $3.78 billion.

Outlook General Mills updated its key full-year fiscal 2018 targets. These targets exclude the impact of the proposed Blue Buffalo acquisition.

Organic net sales are expected to be in line with last year, which is unchanged from previous guidance. This represents a... More

General Mills (GIS) April 50 straddle priced for move of 6% into Q3

March 20, 2018 2:34 PM EDT

General Mills (NYSE: GIS) April 50 straddle priced for move of 6% into Q3

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