J. M. Smucker - SJM Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for J. M. Smucker in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SJM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SJM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for J. M. Smucker's stock. Their SJM share price forecasts range from $123.00 to $158.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $142.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%.
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J. M. Smucker's stock was trading at $135.82 at the start of the year. Since then, SJM stock has increased by 14.3% and is now trading at $155.30.
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The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 21st. The company reported $2.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.19 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.21 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.18 billion. J. M. Smucker had a net margin of 7.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.31%. The business's revenue was up 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.43 earnings per share.
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J. M. Smucker announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 20th. Investors of record on Friday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $1.02 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $4.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 9th.
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J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.62%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 24 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 76.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, SJM will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.89% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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J. M. Smucker announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Friday, October 22nd 2021, which allows the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

J. M. Smucker updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.35-$8.75 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.49. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.44 billion-$8.52 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.37 billion.

161 employees have rated J. M. Smucker Chief Executive Officer Mark T. Smucker on Glassdoor.com. Mark T. Smucker has an approval rating of 79% among the company's employees.

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J. M. Smucker trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SJM."

J. M. Smucker's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.09%), BlackRock Inc. (8.71%), State Street Corp (7.13%), LSV Asset Management (1.96%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.52%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.46%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy C Held, Geoff E Tanner, Jeannette L Knudsen, Jill R Penrose, Mark R Belgya, Mark T Smucker, Nancy Lopez Knight, Richard K Smucker and Tucker H Marshall.
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Shares of SJM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SJM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $155.30.

J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) has a market capitalization of $16.55 billion and generates $8.00 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $631.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,700 workers across the globe.

J. M. Smucker's mailing address is ONE STRAWBERRY LANE, ORRVILLE OH, 44667. The official website for the company is www.jmsmucker.com. The company can be reached via phone at (330) 682-3000, via email at aaron.broholm@jmsmucker.com, or via fax at 330-684-6410.