TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) Receives Average Recommendation of "Reduce" from Analysts

Key Points

• TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) has received an average recommendation of "Reduce" from analysts, with one sell rating and seven hold ratings among eight rating firms.
• The company's average one-year price target from analysts is $24.00, but firms such as Barclays and Mizuho have recently lowered their targets to $21.00 and $22.00, respectively.
• TreeHouse Foods reported $0.17 earnings per share for the last quarter, surpassing the expected $0.10, indicating a slight revenue growth of 1.2% year-over-year.

Shares of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Reduce" from the eight ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have assigned a hold rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $24.00.

THS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $25.00 to $21.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Mizuho lowered their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "sell (d+)" rating on shares of TreeHouse Foods in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $24.00 to $23.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 29th.

TreeHouse Foods Stock Down 2.8%

Shares of NYSE THS opened at $19.79 on Friday. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $18.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $20.81. TreeHouse Foods has a 52-week low of $15.85 and a 52-week high of $42.48. The firm has a market cap of $999.40 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.74 and a beta of 0.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98.

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.10 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $801.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $788.84 million. TreeHouse Foods had a net margin of 0.62% and a return on equity of 6.35%. TreeHouse Foods's quarterly revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.29 earnings per share. TreeHouse Foods has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts predict that TreeHouse Foods will post 1.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On TreeHouse Foods

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in TreeHouse Foods by 320.8% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,355 shares of the company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 1,033 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in TreeHouse Foods by 50.7% in the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,878 shares of the company's stock valued at $56,000 after purchasing an additional 968 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in TreeHouse Foods by 719.7% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,918 shares of the company's stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 2,562 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming acquired a new position in TreeHouse Foods in the 1st quarter valued at about $93,000. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new position in TreeHouse Foods in the 2nd quarter valued at about $70,000. 99.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

TreeHouse Foods Company Profile

TreeHouse Foods, Inc manufactures and distributes private brands snacks and beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides snacking products, such as crackers, pretzels, in-store bakery items, frozen griddle items, cookies, and candies; and beverage and drink mixes, including non-dairy creamer, coffee, broths/stocks, powdered beverages and other blends, tea, and ready-to-drink-beverages.

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