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

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

J M Smucker announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $3.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View J M Smucker's Dividend History.

J M Smucker Co (NYSE:SJM) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The company reported $2.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 11.60% and a net margin of 7.30%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.26 earnings per share. View J M Smucker's Earnings History.

J M Smucker is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for J M Smucker.

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 EPS estimate of $8.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.61 billion.

11 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for J M Smucker's stock. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $132.00. On average, they expect J M Smucker's stock price to reach $111.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for J M Smucker.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for J M Smucker in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for J M Smucker.

News stories about SJM stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. J M Smucker earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for J M Smucker.

J M Smucker saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 7,320,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the January 30th total of 7,780,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 946,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.7 days. Approximately 7.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View J M Smucker's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other J M Smucker investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Procter & Gamble (PG), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Home Depot (HD), IBM (IBM), CVS Health (CVS), 3M (MMM) and Boeing (BA).

J M Smucker's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.24%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.78%), LSV Asset Management (3.64%), FMR LLC (2.48%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.65%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.57%). Company insiders that own J M Smucker stock include Barry C Dunaway, David J Lemmon, Geoff E Tanner, Jeannette L Knudsen, Jill R Penrose, Joseph Stanziano, Kathryn W Dindo, Kevin G Jackson, Mark R Belgya, Mark T Smucker, Richard K Smucker and Timothy P Smucker. View Institutional Ownership Trends for J M Smucker.

SJM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Renaissance Technologies LLC, PGGM Investments, Alliancebernstein L.P. and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold J M Smucker company stock in the last year include Jeannette L Knudsen, Jill R Penrose, Joseph Stanziano, Kevin G Jackson, Mark R Belgya and Mark T Smucker. View Insider Buying and Selling for J M Smucker.

SJM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stifel Financial Corp, State Street Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. and Boston Trust Walden Corp. Company insiders that have bought J M Smucker stock in the last two years include Geoff E Tanner, Kathryn W Dindo, Richard K Smucker and Timothy P Smucker. View Insider Buying and Selling for J M Smucker.

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 $106.11.

J M Smucker has a market capitalization of $12.10 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]