TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) Shares Up 7% - Time to Buy?

Key Points

• TreeHouse Foods' stock price surged 7% on Monday, trading as high as $17.28 before closing at $17.43, although trading volume dropped significantly to 252,834 shares.
• Multiple analysts have recently lowered their price targets for TreeHouse Foods, with a consensus target now at $24.00, reflecting a generally cautious outlook with ratings mostly at "Hold."
• The company reported earnings of $0.17 per share for the last quarter, exceeding expectations and marking a 1.2% increase in revenue year-over-year, reaching $801.40 million.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report)'s stock price shot up 7% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $17.28 and last traded at $17.43. 252,834 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 65% from the average session volume of 718,225 shares. The stock had previously closed at $16.30.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

THS has been the subject of several research reports. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $24.00 to $23.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $25.00 to $21.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, Mizuho cut their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $24.00 to $22.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat, TreeHouse Foods has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $24.00.

TreeHouse Foods Stock Up 16.4%

The company has a market capitalization of $958.29 million, a P/E ratio of 48.74 and a beta of 0.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.38 and a current ratio of 1.26. The firm's fifty day moving average is $18.51 and its 200-day moving average is $21.23.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 1,328.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 9,644 shares of the company's stock valued at $261,000 after acquiring an additional 8,969 shares during the period. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new stake in TreeHouse Foods during the 1st quarter valued at $1,025,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its stake in TreeHouse Foods by 8.8% during the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 9,814 shares of the company's stock valued at $268,000 after purchasing an additional 790 shares in the last quarter. Sessa Capital IM L.P. increased its stake in TreeHouse Foods by 29.5% during the 1st quarter. Sessa Capital IM L.P. now owns 4,200,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $113,778,000 after purchasing an additional 957,517 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in TreeHouse Foods by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 225,073 shares of the company's stock valued at $6,097,000 after purchasing an additional 1,551 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.81% of the company's stock.

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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