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SJMThe J.M. Smucker CompanySell5.0·$112.76-3.03%
SellModerate Confidence
Investment thesis

J.M. Smucker Company trades at an attractive forward price-to-earnings ratio of 10.8x with a PEG of 0.06, but a quality score below the minimum threshold, heavy customer and supplier concentration, a confirmed death cross, and the stock already trading above its price target leave the current setup unattractive for new entry.

Thesis pillars

  • Attractive Value Multiple Below Threshold QualityStable
  • Heavy Customer And Supplier ConcentrationStable
  • Death Cross Recovery PatternStable
  • +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning

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The J.M. Smucker Company (SJM) Stock Analysis

Range Bound setup

SellVALUE-TRAP 1/5Moderate Confidence

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $112.76: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.

The J.M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products — including Folgers and Café Bustelo coffee, Jif peanut butter, Smucker's fruit spreads, Uncrustables frozen sandwiches, Meow Mix and Milk-Bone pet products, and Hostess sweet baked goods — sold... Read more

$112.76+3.3% A.UpsideScore 5.0/10#26 of 32 Packaged Foods
QualityF-score6 / 9FCF yield8.09%
IncomeYield3.78%(5y avg 3.38%)Payout86.06%at-risk
Stop $105.54Target $115.39(resistance)A.R:R -0.1:1
Analyst target$122.31+8.5%16 analysts
$115.39our TP
$112.76price
$122.31mean
$98
$135

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $112.76: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 42 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 53d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.

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About The J.M. Smucker Company

About The J.M. Smucker Company

Walmart accounted for 33% of J.M. Smucker's consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025, and the top 10 customers combined made up approximately 60% of net sales, concentrated mostly in the U.S. Retail Coffee, Frozen Handheld and Spreads, and Pet Foods segments that together generated 86% of the year's revenue. Net sales outside the United States totaled just 4% of the consolidated figure, and the company employed over 8,000 full-time workers across nine unionized manufacturing locations.

Smucker earns revenue primarily through branded volume sold to food retailers, club stores, and mass merchandisers, competing against private label and branded rivals including The Kraft Heinz Company, Nestlé, and General Mills across its coffee, peanut butter, pet food, and frozen handheld categories. Key inputs — green coffee, peanuts, flour, sugar, and packaging materials — are managed through futures, basis, options, and fixed-price contracts, but certain products depend on single-source suppliers: Keurig supplies K-Cup pods, JDE Peet's supplies liquid coffee for the Away From Home business, and Graham Packaging supplies Folgers packaging. Roughly 22% of full-time employees, spread across nine manufacturing locations, are covered by collective bargaining agreements, with contracts covering about 10% of the workforce expiring in 2026.

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Smucker's manufacturing footprint carries a specific geographic vulnerability that neither its customer mix nor its supplier list captures: the 10-K discloses that substantially all coffee production — the company's largest product category — is concentrated in one facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, an area exposed to hurricane risk, with additional plants in tornado- and wildfire-prone Alabama, Kansas, Arkansas, and California. Because Milk-Bone dog snacks and fruit spreads are also consolidated into single manufacturing sites, a weather event severe enough to idle one plant could halt an entire product line rather than merely reduce output, a risk the filing treats as separate from its raw-material price volatility disclosures.

See also: Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods

From The J.M. Smucker Company's most recent 10-K filing, extracted July 6, 2026.

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Recent developments

updated 2026-07-07

Recent Developments — The J.M. Smucker Company

Generated 2026-07-07T11:31:44Z.

TrendMatrix Research · upcoming catalyst calendar

Upcoming dated catalysts

Thu, Aug 27, 202653d to earnings· next earnings call

Thesis

Rewards
No bull case signals
Risks
Concentration risk — Customer: top 10 customers (60.0%)
Concentration risk — Product: U.S. retail market segments (86.0%)
Target reached (-1.4% upside)

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)
P/E (Fwd)10.9
Mkt Cap$12.4B
EV/EBITDA10.1
Profit Mgn-1.5%
ROE-2.4%
Rev Growth5.8%
Beta0.25
Dividend3.78%
Rating analysts24

Quality Signals

Piotroski F6/9

Options Flow

P/C1.16bearish
IV56%elevated

Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)

  • MEDIUMCustomerWalmart33%
    10-K Item 1A: 'Sales to Walmart Inc. and subsidiaries amounted to 33 percent of net sales in 2025.'
  • HIGHCustomertop 10 customers60%
    10-K Item 1A: 'During 2025, our top 10 customers, collectively, accounted for approximately 60 percent of consolidated net sales.'
  • HIGHProductU.S. retail market segments86%
    10-K Item 1: 'These segments in total comprised 86 percent of consolidated net sales in 2025'
  • HIGHGeographicUnited States96%
    10-K Item 1: 'the majority of our sales are in the United States (“U.S.”) ... Net sales outside the U.S., subject to foreign currency translation, represented 4 percent of consolidated net sales for 2025.'
  • HIGHSupplierKeurig
    10-K Item 1A: 'Keurig is our single-source supplier for K-Cup® pods, which are used in its proprietary Keurig® K-Cup® brewing system.'
  • HIGHSupplierJDE Peet's
    10-K Item 1A: 'JDE Peet’s N.V. (“JDE Peet’s”) is our single-source supplier for liquid coffee for our Away From Home business'
  • HIGHSupplierGraham Packaging
    10-K Item 1A: 'Graham Packaging Company, L.P. (“Graham Packaging”) is our single-source supplier for the packaging of our Folgers coffee products.'

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Rating Breakdown

3 floor-breakers

Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static

Quality Rank
1.3
Value Rank
2.8
Growth Rank
5.0

Unprofitable operations — net margin -1.5%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static

Roe
0.0
Net Margin
0.0
Gross Margin
2.9
Current Ratio
3.1
Roa
3.4
Moat
3.6
Piotroski F
6.7
Operating Margin
7.4
No competitive moat

Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Revenue Growth
3.9
Low model confidence on this dimension (33%).
GatesA.R:R -0.1=NEGATIVEMomentum 4.9<5.5 (soft — BUY_NOW allowed but watch)Momentum 4.9>=4.5Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS EVENTS NONE RECENTEARNINGS PROXIMITY 53d clearSEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARRange BoundSuitability: Moderate
RSI
42 · Neutral
20D MA 50D MA 200D MAGOLDEN CROSSSupport $101.26Resistance $117.74

Price Targets

$106
$115
A.Upside+2.3%
A.R:R-0.1:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! Target reached (-1.4% upside)
! Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0)
! Negative risk/reward — downside exceeds upside

Earnings

B
B
M
M
2/4 beats
Next Earnings2026-08-27 (53d)

Verdict History

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Frequently Asked Questions
Is SJM stock a buy right now?

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $112.76: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 42 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $105.54. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.

What is the SJM stock price target?

Take-profit target: $115.39 (+3.3% upside). Prior stop was $105.54. Stop-loss: $105.54.

What are the risks of investing in SJM?

Concentration risk — Customer: top 10 customers (60.0%); Concentration risk — Product: U.S. retail market segments (86.0%); Target reached (-1.4% upside).

Is SJM overvalued or undervalued?

The J.M. Smucker Company trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 10.9). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Sell.

What do analysts say about SJM?

24 analysts cover SJM with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $122.

What does The J.M. Smucker Company do?The J.M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products — including Folgers and Café...

The J.M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products — including Folgers and Café Bustelo coffee, Jif peanut butter, Smucker's fruit spreads, Uncrustables frozen sandwiches, Meow Mix and Milk-Bone pet products, and Hostess sweet baked goods — sold primarily through retail outlets in the United States and Canada. Walmart accounted for 33% of the company's consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025, and its four reportable segments generated 86% of net sales.

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