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The J. M. Smucker Company: Smucker's Pet Divestitures and Hostess Acquisition Lead to Elevated Near-Term Expenses

Symbols
SJM
Sector(s)
Consumer Defensive
Rating
Current Price
$113.60
Fair Value
Economic Moat
Stewardship
Summary

J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily sells through the U.S. retail channel (77% of forecast fiscal 2024 revenue), with the remaining share consisting of Hostess, foodservice, and international (primarily Canada). Following the divestiture of several pet foods brands and private-label products that constituted about $1.5 billion of sales, retail coffee is now its largest category (33% of sales) with brands Folgers and Dunkin’. Pet foods (22% of sales) holds leading brands like Milk-Bone and Meow Mix. Of its remaining, approximately 22% comes fr

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Analyst Profile

Kristoffer Inton

Director
Kristoffer Inton is director of equity research, basic materials for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He covers gold, aggregates and cement, and uranium companies.Before joining Morningstar in 2013, Inton was an investment banking associate for Guggenheim Securities in New York. Previously, he was an investment banking analyst for Merrill Lynch in Chicago and New York.Inton holds a bachelor’s degree in finance with high honors from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in business administration with distinction from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.