Stock Analysis on Net

General Mills Inc. (NYSE:GIS)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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General Mills Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Nov 24, 2019 Aug 25, 2019 May 26, 2019 Feb 24, 2019 Nov 25, 2018 Aug 26, 2018 May 27, 2018 Feb 25, 2018 Nov 26, 2017 Aug 27, 2017 May 28, 2017 Feb 26, 2017 Nov 27, 2016 Aug 28, 2016 May 29, 2016 Feb 28, 2016 Nov 29, 2015 Aug 30, 2015 May 31, 2015 Feb 22, 2015 Nov 23, 2014 Aug 24, 2014 May 25, 2014 Feb 23, 2014 Nov 24, 2013 Aug 25, 2013
Net earnings, including earnings attributable to redeemable and noncontrolling interests 591,400 528,500 581,200 457,900 351,200 395,900 358,100 952,500 443,800 408,600 415,600 370,200 495,800 419,500 390,400 367,700 543,600 435,100 197,800 353,800 355,400 352,400 415,400 417,000 560,800 468,100
Depreciation and amortization 153,600 154,100 155,500 154,500 154,900 155,200 184,100 143,900 145,700 145,100 155,300 147,200 148,600 152,500 166,900 148,700 148,600 143,900 144,600 153,300 140,100 150,300 143,300 144,500 146,600 151,000
After-tax earnings from joint ventures (24,900) (21,800) (20,000) (11,800) (22,500) (17,700) (20,600) (16,600) (23,800) (23,700) (19,900) (11,100) (29,800) (24,200) (23,300) (16,200) (23,200) (25,700) (18,100) (13,100) (27,100) (26,000) (16,600) (22,800) (26,100) (24,100)
Distributions of earnings from joint ventures 8,200 20,700 40,100 11,900 5,500 29,200 52,600 15,500 16,100 29,000 31,900 11,800 5,500 26,400 36,500 10,000 9,500 19,100 35,800 7,900 4,400 24,500 48,900 16,000 10,600 15,000
Stock-based compensation 19,000 28,800 19,000 21,400 18,400 26,100 14,200 14,600 18,600 29,600 19,300 20,200 17,400 38,800 18,100 19,000 21,400 31,300 21,900 19,600 19,300 45,600 21,100 22,800 23,300 41,300
Deferred income taxes 27,300 (37,200) 41,000 8,700 14,900 28,900 (15,200) (559,300) 32,000 38,200 43,800 45,500 58,600 36,000 82,900 70,400 (53,400) 20,700 (5,900) 18,000 (4,200) 17,400 76,700 27,900 45,000 22,900
Tax benefit on exercised options 1,000 (5,400) (6,700) (53,000) (36,900) (12,500) (7,300) (37,400) (18,000) (29,800) (10,100) (16,700) (23,700) (6,100) (7,900) (31,600)
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan contributions (7,400) (6,900) (7,000) (7,200) (7,200) (7,400) (11,500) (7,700) (6,700) (5,900) (11,400) (11,400) (11,300) (11,300) (12,600) (12,500) (12,100) (10,600) (14,200) (10,900) (12,100) (12,300) (12,400) (12,600) (12,600) (12,100)
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan costs (7,700) (7,800) 1,400 1,600 1,600 1,500 1,100 1,100 1,300 1,100 8,800 9,000 9,000 8,900 29,900 29,300 29,400 29,500 23,000 22,300 22,900 23,100 31,100 30,700 31,500 30,800
Divestiture (gain) loss (5,400) 35,400 13,500 52,400 (1,500) (199,100) (65,500)
Restructuring, impairment, and other exit costs 6,400 4,900 8,500 48,200 197,900 (18,900) 138,300 (4,900) 1,800 (9,200) (24,100) 70,100 14,400 56,600 24,200 (6,800) 42,300 47,500 255,900 38,600 223,800 12,800 (5,000) (2,700) (5,500) (5,600)
Receivables (59,600) (37,400) 8,200 13,100 (15,300) (48,700) (97,200) 28,400 34,200 (88,100) 5,900 (29,800) 36,400 (81,700) 41,800 61,200 52,700 (162,600) 183,200 72,400 (103,700) (145,100) 166,800 69,300 (78,600) (198,500)
Inventories (21,900) (145,300) (27,000) 96,000 42,900 (58,200) (41,000) 72,200 74,300 (89,900) (19,400) 78,600 1,500 (122,200) (56,800) 106,900 79,000 (275,200) 26,600 258,800 (72,400) (237,200) (58,200) 184,300 27,200 (241,600)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (80,400) 148,000 (130,800) (28,800) 9,900 35,400 (24,000) (29,000) 30,200 12,100 (36,700) 55,600 31,900 (34,200) 2,500 (21,200) 52,900 (34,300) (38,800) (5,100) (64,700) 58,100 (26,100) (16,500) 25,500 27,600
Accounts payable 281,500 (35,800) 84,900 (66,600) 126,400 17,700 162,300 36,000 298,400 78,600 199,900 (80,500) 29,800 (49,700) 242,800 19,600 (76,500) 132,800 164,700 (158,600) 97,300 42,400 210,300 (57,700) (8,200) 47,100
Other current liabilities (27,300) (14,100) 20,700 (77,200) (78,700) 68,600 147,100 (75,000) (57,000) 69,500 22,300 (55,600) (114,800) (69,300) (178,100) (17,500) 149,100 139,100 61,200 64,700 (59,700) 70,600 (138,800) (26,700) (96,900) 157,500
Changes in current assets and liabilities 92,300 (84,600) (44,000) (63,500) 85,200 14,800 147,200 32,600 380,100 (17,800) 172,000 (31,700) (15,200) (357,100) 52,200 149,000 257,200 (200,200) 396,900 232,200 (203,200) (211,200) 154,000 152,700 (131,000) (207,900)
Other, net 26,300 (6,600) 9,100 (26,000) (10,800) (200) (142,600) (3,200) (32,600) (4,500) (37,700) (43,300) (500) (4,800) (13,400) (38,100) (31,800) (22,300) (38,300) (93,700) 24,600 (30,500) 49,500 (52,100) (6,900) (66,700)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities 293,100 43,600 198,200 173,200 437,900 211,500 347,600 (384,000) 532,500 181,900 339,000 200,900 203,500 (131,200) 376,900 338,800 181,500 (4,200) 783,600 344,400 178,400 (23,000) 401,400 298,300 67,000 (87,000)
Net cash provided by operating activities 884,500 572,100 779,400 631,100 789,100 607,400 705,700 568,500 976,300 590,500 754,600 571,100 699,300 288,300 767,300 706,500 725,100 430,900 981,400 698,200 533,800 329,400 816,800 715,300 627,800 381,100
Purchases of land, buildings, and equipment (88,700) (69,800) (169,700) (114,100) (141,100) (112,700) (224,800) (137,900) (143,700) (116,300) (209,200) (156,900) (164,800) (153,500) (251,700) (184,100) (146,300) (147,200) (221,500) (173,300) (169,000) (148,600) (247,100) (147,600) (145,000) (123,800)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (8,035,800) (84,000) (809,400) (12,900)
Investments in affiliates, net (1,800) (12,500) 1,600 (1,600) 100 (2,100) (7,800) (800) (6,600) (1,500) 12,500 (15,800) 8,100 200 52,000 10,700 1,000 (10,300) (59,800) 900 (33,200) (8,900) 900 (57,900) 11,000
Proceeds from disposal of land, buildings, and equipment 300 300 3,400 (400) 11,200 100 500 300 200 400 3,000 800 400 (100) 3,300 800 400 9,700 200 800 300 1,400 4,200 (2,000) 3,000
Proceeds from divestiture 26,200 200 17,500 2,700 3,100 822,700 121,600
Exchangeable note 13,000 1,600 19,500 27,900 29,300
Other, net 11,200 (1,700) (10,300) 2,000 (24,300) (27,100) 1,700 (8,800) (3,600) (300) (15,200) (400) 10,400 4,700 5,600 2,300 (25,800) 6,700 300 (4,200) 2,700 (2,800) 1,500 300 700 (3,400)
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities (79,000) (83,700) (148,800) (112,300) (155,800) (139,600) (8,260,500) (154,200) (147,900) (122,800) (222,900) (144,000) (152,700) (127,300) (241,700) (187,900) 662,100 (139,100) (193,900) (237,100) (974,000) (197,200) (131,500) (112,900) (204,200) (113,200)
Change in notes payable 50,300 (170,000) (496,200) 912,000 (292,300) (189,800) 364,800 (90,400) (360,700) 413,800 (718,900) 516,800 744,900 419,600 (378,600) 348,500 (505,400) 211,700 (1,276,200) (155,900) 290,400 631,900 566,100 (448,300) (530,800) 985,900
Issuance of long-term debt 339,100 6,050,000 500,000 322,100 750,000 (400) 542,900 978,600 100 1,003,200 271,300 750,000 923,000
Payment of long-term debt (509,200) (100) (340,400) (1,153,000) (200) (200) (100) (99,900) (500,100) 3,000 (1,002,900) (100) (100) (1,000,000) (100) (200) (750,200) (2,300) 100 (393,400) (700,300) (24,200) (400) (719,900)
Proceeds from common stock issued on exercised options 12,800 55,800 100,700 53,400 13,900 73,400 7,900 40,800 9,600 41,000 22,100 13,500 13,400 63,600 68,900 38,500 16,800 47,700 60,600 67,200 18,400 17,500 65,500 15,100 15,800 11,700
Proceeds from common stock issued 969,900
Tax benefit on exercised options (1,000) 5,400 6,700 53,000 36,900 12,500 7,300 37,400 18,000 29,800 10,100 16,700 23,700 6,100 7,900 31,600
Purchases of common stock for treasury (100) (400) (400) (100) (200) (400) (700) (200) (600,300) (600) (301,000) (950,200) (399,700) (4,900) (52,800) (396,900) (152,100) (200) (192,900) (530,000) (438,800) (342,100) (539,300) (565,700) (298,200)
Dividends paid (297,800) (298,500) (298,000) (294,500) (295,000) (294,200) (293,200) (281,300) (280,900) (284,300) (278,800) (280,800) (284,600) (290,900) (277,100) (263,700) (264,400) (266,500) (266,400) (248,100) (248,800) (254,400) (253,900) (239,600) (242,300) (247,500)
Investment in redeemable interest 55,700 17,600
Distributions to noncontrolling and redeemable interest holders (6,100) (2,500) (5,000) (26,700) (4,400) (2,400) (3,500) (3,000) (43,800) (1,500) (1,500) (54,900) (3,400) (1,200) (2,600) (4,500) (42,200) (35,000) (1,000) (3,500) (19,700) (800) (900) (51,900) (23,700) (900)
Other, net (1,100) (13,300) (18,200) (1,500) (1,900) (9,600) (80,200) (4,200) (3,600) (20,000) (9,100) 100 (100) (7,200) (100) 100 (1,500) (10,600) (900) (3,100) (12,000) (1,500) (700)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities (751,200) (428,600) (718,400) (510,700) (524,300) (423,000) 7,015,200 (438,700) (679,700) (451,300) (662,700) (353,900) (473,200) (155,700) (565,100) (378,700) (1,184,900) (156,900) (1,238,300) (516,200) 522,800 (153,100) (653,900) (516,000) (416,900) (237,300)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 1,100 (5,000) (9,300) 6,300 (9,200) (10,900) (14,500) 15,400 (7,400) 38,300 (2,000) 16,200 (29,400) (3,300) 20,500 (7,000) (3,100) (18,500) 800 (55,200) (29,300) (5,200) (11,200) (13,500) 8,600 (13,100)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 55,400 54,800 (97,100) 14,400 99,800 33,900 (554,100) (9,000) 141,300 54,700 (133,000) 89,400 44,000 2,000 (19,000) 132,900 199,200 116,400 (450,000) (110,300) 53,300 (26,100) 20,200 72,900 15,300 17,500

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-11-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-08-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-05-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-02-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-11-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-08-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-05-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-02-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-11-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-08-27), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-05-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-02-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-11-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-08-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-05-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-02-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-11-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-08-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-05-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-02-22), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-11-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-08-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-05-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-02-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-11-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-08-25).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. General Mills Inc. net cash provided by operating activities decreased from Q4 2019 to Q1 2020 but then increased from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020 exceeding Q4 2019 level.
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. General Mills Inc. net cash (used) provided by investing activities increased from Q4 2019 to Q1 2020 and from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020.
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. General Mills Inc. net cash provided (used) by financing activities increased from Q4 2019 to Q1 2020 but then decreased significantly from Q1 2020 to Q2 2020.