Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense
General Mills Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense increased by 4.3% to -$6.70M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 97.1%, from -$3.40M to -$6.70M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Expense shows an upward trend with a -27.7% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Rising expenses may indicate underfunded plans or changes in actuarial assumptions regarding future liabilities.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the total accounting cost recognized for employee pension and post-retirement health benefits dur...
Peer comparison
Standard for large, legacy-heavy industrial and utility companies with unionized workforces.
supplemental_pension_and_other_postretirement_benefit_expenseHistorical Data
| Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$8.10M | -$7.20M | -$7.20M | -$19.50M | -$6.70M | -$6.80M | -$6.70M | -$7.40M | -$5.30M | -$8.20M | -$6.70M | -$6.80M | -$3.20M | -$3.30M | -$3.40M | -$2.80M | -$6.70M | -$7.00M | -$6.70M |
| QoQ Change | — | +11.1% | +0.0% | -170.8% | +65.6% | -1.5% | +1.5% | -10.4% | +28.4% | -54.7% | +18.3% | -1.5% | +52.9% | -3.1% | -3.0% | +17.6% | -139.3% | -4.5% | +4.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -140.7% | +6.9% | +5.6% | — | +62.1% | +20.9% | -20.6% | +0.0% | +8.1% | +39.6% | +59.8% | +49.3% | +58.8% | -109.4% | -112.1% | -97.1% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is General Mills's pension and other postretirement benefit expense?
- General Mills (GIS) reported pension and other postretirement benefit expense of -$6.70M in Q4 2025.
- How has General Mills's pension and other postretirement benefit expense changed year-over-year?
- General Mills's pension and other postretirement benefit expense decreased by 97.1% year-over-year, from -$3.40M to -$6.70M.
- What is the long-term trend for General Mills's pension and other postretirement benefit expense?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), General Mills's pension and other postretirement benefit expense has grown at a -27.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$33.60M to -$12.70M.
- What does pension and other postretirement benefit expense mean?
- The total accounting expense for employee retirement and health benefit obligations.