Overall Fundamental outlook

Business Operations:

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods

The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Frozen Handheld and Spreads, U.S. Retail Pet Foods, and Sweet Baked Snacks. It offers coffee, sweet baked goods, pet snacks, frozen handheld products, peanut butter, cat and dog food, fruit and specialty spreads, cookies, frozen sandwiches and snacks, hot beverages, portion control products, toppings and syrups, baking mixes and ingredients, and flour. The company provides its products under the Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin', Jif, Smucker's, Smucker's Uncrustables, Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Canine Carry Outs, Hostess, 1850, Robin Hood, and Five Roses brands. The company sells its products through direct sales and brokers to food retailers, club stores, discount and dollar stores, online retailers, pet specialty stores, distributors, drug stores, military commissaries, mass merchandisers, supermarket chains, national mass retailers, convenience stores, vending channels, and foodservice distributors and operators. The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio.

Revenue projections:

Revenue projections for SJM
Revenue projections for SJM

Revenues for SJM are forecasted to decline from last year's levels, prompting caution among investors. When revenues fall, it can have a significant negative impact on the company's bottom line, reducing profitability and making the stock less attractive to risk-averse investors.

Financial Ratios:

currentRatio 0.844000
forwardPE 9.508883
debtToEquity 143.204000
earningsGrowth 0.000000
revenueGrowth 0.070000
grossMargins 0.342100
operatingMargins 0.187780
trailingEps -11.790000
forwardEps 10.054810

SJM's elevated debt-to-equity ratio reflects a high level of debt relative to equity, signaling that the company is heavily leveraged. This reliance on debt could increase financial risk in periods of economic uncertainty.

Price projections:

Price projections for SJM
Price projections for SJM

Price projections for The J. M. Smucker Company have been gradually lowered, signaling reduced optimism among analysts. This downward adjustment suggests that the company may face challenges in meeting previous growth expectations.

Insider Transactions:

Insider Transactions for SJM
Insider Transactions for SJM


SJM saw 6 transactions in which shares were sold with market price at 110.86166636149089.SJM had 3 buy transactions, with market price of 108.77000172932942.There is no noticeable trend in insider transactions, making it difficult to assess whether the company is headed in a positive or negative direction.

Recommendation changes over time:

Recommendations trend for SJM
Recommendations trend for SJM


Recent analysis shows a strong buy bias for SJM, encouraging investors to view it as a solid investment option. The positive sentiment surrounding SJM suggests it could be an attractive place to allocate funds, motivating potential investors to consider the stock as a valuable part of their portfolio.