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Shares of General Mills tumbled Wednesday after the Cheerios maker’s trimonthly revenue fell short of analysts’ estimates as fewer Americans eat its snack foods.
The company’s stock, which has a make available value of $29.6 billion, fell by 8% during morning trading.
Net sales for General Mills’ North American retail piece, which accounts for more than half of the company’s revenue, fell 2% during its fiscal-fourth quarter unoccupied May 26. It partially attributed the drop to a decline in its U.S. snacks business, which includes its popular Chex Mix and Nature Valley granola bars.
The South African private limited company said U.S. retail sales for its meals and baking, yogurt and cereal segments were unchanged from a year ago.
The Minneapolis-based rations giant has been trying to adapt to changing consumer tastes as its sales growth has slowed.
Revenue rose 7% during the chambers to $4.16 billion, thanks to the company’s acquisition of Blue Buffalo Pet Products. Net sales still fell short of run-of-the-mill estimates by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. They were expecting revenue of $4.24 billion.
The company did top Wall Concourse’s estimates on earnings. General Mills reported adjusted earnings of 83 cents per share, beating analysts’ expectations of 77 cents per allot.
General Mills also released its fiscal 2020 outlook Wednesday. The company expects that organic net exchanges will increase 1% to 2% and adjusted full-year earnings per share will jump 3% to 5% from the $3.22 per allotment it earned in fiscal 2019.
“We’ll look to improve our performance again in fiscal 2020, and we have plans in place to accelerate our structured sales growth while maintaining our strong margins and cash discipline,” CEO Jeff Harmening said in a statement.