NYSE:SJM - J M Smucker Stock Price, Forecast & News

J M Smucker's stock was trading at $105.59 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SJM stock has increased by 3.8% and is now trading at $109.60. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for J M Smucker in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for J M Smucker.

J M Smucker is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for J M Smucker.

J M Smucker Co (NYSE:SJM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company reported $2.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.23 by $0.12. The company earned $1.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.98 billion. J M Smucker had a return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 8.21%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.26 earnings per share. View J M Smucker's earnings history.

J M Smucker declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.88 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View J M Smucker's dividend history.

J M Smucker updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $8.10-$8.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.61 billion.

12 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for J M Smucker's shares. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $132.00. On average, they expect J M Smucker's share price to reach $113.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for J M Smucker.

News coverage about SJM stock has trended very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. J M Smucker earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutJ M Smucker.

J M Smucker saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 6,260,000 shares, a drop of 16.8% from the February 13th total of 7,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 901,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.9 days. Currently, 5.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View J M Smucker's Current Options Chain.

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

Shares of SJM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SJM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $109.60.

J M Smucker has a market capitalization of $12.50 billion and generates $7.84 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $514.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.29 on an earnings per share basis. J M Smucker employs 7,400 workers across the globe. View additional information about J M Smucker.

The official website for J M Smucker is http://www.jmsmucker.com/.

J M Smucker's mailing address is ONE STRAWBERRY LANE, ORRVILLE OH, 44667. The company can be reached via phone at 330-682-3000 or via email at [email protected]