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The J. M. Smucker Company is a packaged foods business based in the US. The J. M. Smucker Company shares (SJM.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The J. M. Smucker Company employs 7,300 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $8.1 billion.
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Latest market close | $N/A |
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52-week range | $89.7893 - $122.7617 |
50-day moving average | $115.0922 |
200-day moving average | $114.1721 |
Wall St. target price | $117.21 |
PE ratio | 14.7826 |
Dividend yield | $3.6 (3.15%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $7.728 |
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Valuing The J. M. Smucker Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The J. M. Smucker Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
The J. M. Smucker Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, The J. M. Smucker Company shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
The J. M. Smucker Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 15.0943. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The J. M. Smucker Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
The J. M. Smucker Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.9 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a The J. M. Smucker Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | $8.1 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 17.78% |
Gross profit TTM | $3 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 5.32% |
Return on equity TTM | 10.61% |
Profit margin | 10.92% |
Book value | $74.629 |
Market capitalisation | $12.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 7.7 million The J. M. Smucker Company shares held short by investors – that's known as The J. M. Smucker Company's "short interest". This figure is 12.1% up from 6.9 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting The J. M. Smucker Company shares can be evaluated.
The J. M. Smucker Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The J. M. Smucker Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The J. M. Smucker Company shares traded daily (recently around 941217.29598051). The J. M. Smucker Company's SIR currently stands at 8.21. In other words for every 100,000 The J. M. Smucker Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8210 shares are currently held short.
However The J. M. Smucker Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The J. M. Smucker Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable The J. M. Smucker Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The J. M. Smucker Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.07% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The J. M. Smucker Company shares in existence, roughly 70 shares are currently held short) or 0.0815% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The J. M. Smucker Company shares, roughly 82 shares are currently held short).
A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against The J. M. Smucker Company.
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Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like The J. M. Smucker Company.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 31.77
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and The J. M. Smucker Company's overall score of 31.77 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 52nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like The J. M. Smucker Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 17.73/100
The J. M. Smucker Company's environmental score of 17.73 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that The J. M. Smucker Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 15.35/100
The J. M. Smucker Company's social score of 15.35 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that The J. M. Smucker Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 9.69/100
The J. M. Smucker Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that The J. M. Smucker Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, The J. M. Smucker Company scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that The J. M. Smucker Company has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
The J. M. Smucker Company was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 31.77 |
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Total ESG percentile | 51.94 |
Environmental score | 17.73 |
Environmental score percentile | 8 |
Social score | 15.35 |
Social score percentile | 8 |
Governance score | 9.69 |
Governance score percentile | 8 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 36.78% of net profits
Recently The J. M. Smucker Company has paid out, on average, around 36.78% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.15% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The J. M. Smucker Company shareholders could enjoy a 3.15% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The J. M. Smucker Company's case, that would currently equate to about $3.6 per share.
While The J. M. Smucker Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that The J. M. Smucker Company may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
The J. M. Smucker Company's most recent dividend payout was on 1 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
The J. M. Smucker Company's shares were split on 3 June 2002. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The J. M. Smucker Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new INF% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for The J. M. Smucker Company shares which in turn could have impacted The J. M. Smucker Company's share price.
Over the last 12 months, The J. M. Smucker Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $89.7893 up to $122.7617. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The J. M. Smucker Company's is 0.2621. This would suggest that The J. M. Smucker Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets food and beverage products worldwide. It operates in four segments: U.S. Retail Pet Foods, U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, and International and Away From Home. The company offers pet food and snacks; mainstream roast, ground, single serve, and premium coffee; peanut butter and specialty spreads; fruit spreads, shortening and oils, and frozen sandwiches and snacks; and foodservice hot beverage, foodservice portion control, and flour products, as well as dog and cat food, frozen handheld products, portion control products, juices and beverages, and baking mixes and ingredients. It provides its products under the Meow Mix, Kibbles ?n Bits, 9Lives, Nature's Recipe, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Rachael Ray Nutrish, Natural Balance, Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin' Donuts, 1850, Jif, Smucker's, Smucker's Uncrustables, Crisco, Robin Hood, and Five Roses brands. The company sells its products through direct sales and brokers to food retailers and wholesalers, club stores, discount and dollar stores, online retailers, pet specialty stores, natural foods stores and distributors, drug stores, military commissaries, and mass merchandisers; and through retail channels, and foodservice distributors and operators. The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio.
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