J.M. Smucker
About: J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily sells through the US retail channel (73% of fiscal 2025 revenue came through its retail pet foods, coffee, and frozen handheld/spreads segments), with the remaining share consisting of sweet baked snacks (through the Hostess acquisition) and international (primarily Canada). Retail coffee is its largest category (32% of sales) with brands Folgers and Dunkin'. Pet foods (19% of sales) holds leading brands like Milk-Bone and Meow Mix. Of its remaining, approximately 22% comes from frozen handhelds and spreads, through brands Jif, Smucker's, and Uncrustables. The company acquired Hostess Brands in fiscal 2024 to boost its snack and convenience store presence.
Employees: 8,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
47% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $173M | Put options by funds: $118M
11% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 286 | Existing positions reduced: 257
1.63% more ownership
Funds ownership: 85.49% [Q1] → 87.11% (+1.63%) [Q2]
5% less funds holding
Funds holding: 820 [Q1] → 778 (-42) [Q2]
15% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $10.8B [Q1] → $9.11B (-$1.66B) [Q2]
17% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q1] → 5 (-1) [Q2]
22% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 93 | Existing positions closed: 119
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Barclays
Andrew Lazar
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$105
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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29 Aug 2025 |
JP Morgan
Thomas Palmer
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$126
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Overweight
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
DA Davidson
Brian Holland
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$112
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Neutral
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
B of A Securities
Peter Galbo
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$118
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Neutral
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
UBS
Peter Grom
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$121
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Buy
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Chris Carey
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$120
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Overweight
Maintained
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18 Aug 2025 |
Morgan Stanley
Megan Alexander
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$118
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Overweight
Maintained
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18 Aug 2025 |
Stifel
Matthew Smith
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$110
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Hold
Maintained
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29 Jul 2025 |
RBC Capital
Nik Modi
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$130
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Outperform
Initiated
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7 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 47 articles about SJM published over the past 30 days