The J.M. Smucker Company ($SJM) Cautious Buy or Hold to $104 Confident Investor Rating: Fair
Company name | The J.M. Smucker Company |
Stock ticker | SJM |
Live stock price | [stckqut]SJM[/stckqut] |
P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity | Good |
Sales growth | Poor |
EPS growth | Fair |
P/E growth | Poor |
EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating | Fair |
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $106.52 |
Target stock price (averages with growth) | $118.91 |
Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $98.4 |
Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $102.79 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ASJM&sq=sjm&sp=2&ei=ilCfU6C2IsHGrQGL9IHoBQ
The J. M. Smucker Company operates principally in the manufacturing and marketing of branded food products. Majority of the Company’s sales are in the United States. The Company’s operations outside the United States are principally in Canada, although products are exported to other countries as well. The Company operates in three segments: U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, and International, Foodservice and Natural Foods. In August 2013, the Company completed an acquisition of Enray Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in The J.M. Smucker Company as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.
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How was this analysis of The J.M. Smucker Company calculated?
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:
- Stock price at the time of the calculation: $105.83
- Growth: 0.1
- Current EPS (TTM): $5.41
- P/E: 19
- Future EPS Calc: $8.71
- Future Stock Price Calc: $165.54
- Target stock price: $102.79
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