Seasonality
GIS seasonality — General Mills
Over the last 11 years, GIS's strongest month on average has been November (+1.6%) and its weakest September (-3.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.09% | -0.85% | 30% | +14.1% | -6.5% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.53% | -2.02% | 30% | +6.0% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.37% | +3.96% | 60% | +11.5% | -17.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.54% | -0.65% | 40% | +13.5% | -5.1% | 10 |
| May | -1.74% | -2.87% | 20% | +5.3% | -5.0% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.72% | -2.28% | 40% | +8.0% | -8.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.49% | +0.80% | 60% | +6.1% | -5.5% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.30% | +0.89% | 60% | +15.2% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.04% | -1.53% | 40% | +3.5% | -21.9% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.66% | +1.13% | 60% | +6.6% | -7.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +1.59% | +1.59% | 56% | +8.9% | -3.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.05% | -0.62% | 50% | +9.1% | -8.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — GIS
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.5 | -2.2 | -17.7 | -5.1 | -4.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 15.2 | -21.9 | 6.6 | 3.6 | -23.6% | |
| 2025 | -5.7 | 0.8 | -1.4 | -5.1 | -4.4 | -4.5 | -5.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | -7.6 | 1.6 | -1.8 | -27.1% |
| 2024 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 9.0 | 0.7 | -2.4 | -8.0 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 2.2 | -7.9 | -2.6 | -3.8 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | -6.5 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 3.7 | -5.0 | -8.9 | -2.6 | -9.5 | -5.4 | 1.9 | -2.4 | 2.3 | -22.3% |
| 2022 | 1.9 | -1.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | -1.2 | 8.0 | -0.9 | 2.7 | -0.2 | 6.5 | 4.6 | -1.7 | +24.4% |
| 2021 | -1.2 | -5.3 | 11.5 | -0.8 | 3.3 | -3.1 | -3.4 | -1.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | -0.1 | 9.1 | +14.6% |
| 2020 | -2.5 | -6.2 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 5.3 | -2.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | -3.5 | -4.2 | 2.9 | -3.3 | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 9.8 | -0.5 | -3.9 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | -7.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | +37.5% |
| 2018 | -1.4 | -13.6 | -10.9 | -2.9 | -3.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | -0.1 | -6.7 | 2.0 | -3.4 | -8.0 | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 1.1 | -3.4 | -2.2 | -2.5 | -1.3 | -2.4 | 0.5 | -4.3 | -2.8 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 4.8 | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 1.4 |