Trying to decide what move to make with General Mills stock? You are not alone. Sitting at $49.75 after another week of modest losses, investors are sizing up their next step. Over the past year, General Mills has seen its share price drop by 28.1%, and the decline has been even steeper when you look at the numbers since the start of the year, down 21.7%. A lot of this has to do with shifting interest rates and investors moving away from defensive consumer stocks like packaged foods in search of higher growth elsewhere. Long-term holders haven’t fared much better, with a five-year return that is still negative, at -5.9%.

However, recent price action does not always tell the whole story. Sometimes, it hints at a company being…