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The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM)

Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | Orrville, United States | NYSE
121.33 USD +1.31 (1.091%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 121.33

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:34 a.m. EDT

The J. M. Smucker Company presents a complex picture for investors. While the forward price-to-earnings ratio suggests a bargain valuation compared to historical norms, the underlying balance sheet is fragile with high leverage and a current ratio below one. The dividend yield is attractive, yet the payout ratio exceeds earnings, creating a risk that the distribution is not fully supported by profitability. Recent price action lags behind the fifty-day average, and analyst sentiment has turned cautious with a downgrade to hold. Options activity reinforces this caution, with significant put buying at lower strikes signaling a fear of downside risk. This is a defensive stock with a precarious financial foundation.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.035143
AutoARIMA0.035143
AutoTheta0.035579
MSTL0.036374

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 51%
H-stat 0.15
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.135
Excess Kurtosis -0.27
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 120.682
Revenue per Share 85.779
Market Cap 12,960,857,088
Trailing P/E 56.70
Forward P/E 11.11
Beta 0.27
Profit Margins 2.51%
Website https://www.jmsmucker.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 6:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume at strikes significantly below the current price, particularly at the 90 strike, indicating fear of a substantial decline. Call interest clusters around upside targets near 130, but implied volatility skew favors downside protection, suggesting a cautious sentiment.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.92% 4.02% 3.89% 3.48%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-14 1.12 0.922646
2026-05-15 1.10 1.094092
2026-02-13 1.10 0.995205
2025-11-14 1.10 1.007880
2025-08-15 1.10 0.993138
2025-05-16 1.08 0.951626
2025-02-14 1.08 1.058512
2024-11-15 1.08 1.010101
2024-08-16 1.08 0.909014
2024-05-16 1.06 0.916321
2024-02-15 1.06 0.852022
2023-11-16 1.06 0.952638
2023-08-17 1.06 0.752413
2023-05-11 1.02 0.648072
2023-02-09 1.02 0.698248
2022-11-09 1.02 0.690916
2022-08-11 1.02 0.768883
2022-05-12 0.99 0.684127
2022-02-10 0.99 0.741073
2021-11-10 0.99 0.775801
2021-08-12 0.99 0.756187
2021-05-13 0.90 0.660841
2021-02-11 0.90 0.789681
2020-11-12 0.90 0.763683
2020-08-13 0.90 0.785135
2020-05-14 0.88 0.771456
2020-02-13 0.88 0.816933
2019-11-14 0.88 0.842186
2019-08-15 0.88 0.775126
2019-05-16 0.85 0.675998
2019-02-14 0.85 0.837109
2018-11-15 0.85 0.752612
2018-08-16 0.85 0.758319
2018-05-10 0.78 0.683252
2018-02-08 0.78 0.658951
2017-11-09 0.78 0.760234
2017-08-09 0.78 0.638350
2017-05-10 0.75 0.598372
2017-02-08 0.75 0.546687
2016-11-08 0.75 0.565696
2016-08-10 0.75 0.487045
2016-05-11 0.67 0.513567
2016-02-10 0.67 0.524175
2015-11-10 0.67 0.584031
2015-08-12 0.67 0.612711
2015-05-13 0.64 0.548979
2015-02-11 0.64 0.575229
2014-11-12 0.64 0.637577
2014-08-13 0.64 0.623356
2014-05-14 0.58 0.588295
2014-02-12 0.58 0.618931
2013-11-13 0.58 0.537385
2013-08-14 0.58 0.515235
2013-05-15 0.52 0.499952
2013-02-13 0.52 0.575667
2012-11-14 0.52 0.606768
2012-08-08 0.52 0.676819
2012-05-09 0.48 0.633329
2012-02-08 0.48 0.609137
2011-11-08 0.48 0.612557
2011-08-10 0.48 0.667965
2011-05-11 0.44 0.588786
2011-02-09 0.44 0.698745
2010-11-09 0.40 0.630120
2010-08-11 0.40 0.691802
2010-05-12 0.40 0.688824
2010-02-10 0.35 0.586166
2009-11-10 0.35 0.645518
2009-08-12 0.35 0.679216
2009-05-13 0.35 0.872818
2009-02-11 0.32 0.755608
2008-11-17 0.32 0.820303
2008-09-26 5.00 9.684292
2008-08-13 0.32 0.633663
2008-05-14 0.32 0.619915
2008-02-13 0.30 0.618047
2007-11-13 0.30 0.566893
2007-08-14 0.30 0.538987
2007-05-11 0.30 0.528728
2007-02-08 0.28 0.583212
2006-11-13 0.28 0.563154
2006-08-14 0.28 0.642202
2006-05-11 0.28 0.693928
2006-02-09 0.27 0.645007
2005-11-09 0.27 0.586829
2005-08-12 0.27 0.573492
2005-05-12 0.27 0.538815
2005-02-10 0.25 0.526981
2004-11-15 0.25 0.528318
2004-08-16 0.25 0.559534
2004-05-14 0.25 0.500400
2004-02-12 0.23 0.488115
2003-11-13 0.23 0.515926
2003-08-15 0.23 0.577164
2003-05-15 0.23 0.634133
2003-02-12 0.20 0.519346
2002-11-14 0.20 0.580889
2002-08-16 0.20 0.555247
2002-05-16 0.16 0.471281
2002-02-13 0.16 0.512985
2001-11-15 0.16 0.500313
2001-08-17 0.16 0.598131
2001-05-16 0.16 0.597907
2001-02-13 0.16 0.586941
2000-11-15 0.16 0.625917
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.48
dividendYield 3.73
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.42
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.036827195
lastDividendValue 1.12
lastDividendDate 2026-08-14
dividendDate 2026-09-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.17184138
Address1 One Strawberry Lane
All Time High 163.07
All Time Low 15.0
Ask 122.58
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 2.1 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,107,910
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,322,531
Average Volume 1,322,531
Average Volume10Days 1,107,910
Beta 0.266
Bid 120.17
Bid Size 600
Board Risk 4
Book Value 53.834
City Orrville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 8
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 121.33
Current Ratio 0.87
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 122.35
Day Low 120.64
Debt To Equity 120.682
Display Name J. M. Smucker
Dividend Date 1,788,220,800
Dividend Rate 4.48
Dividend Yield 3.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,787,749,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,787,749,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,787,747,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,795,523,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,795,523,400
Ebitda 2,263,899,904
Ebitda Margins 0.24723
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.772
Enterprise To Revenue 2.169
Enterprise Value 19,857,856,512
Eps Current Year 10.77271
Eps Forward 10.92178
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.14
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 122.0742
Fifty Day Average Change -0.74420166
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.006096306
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 17.18414
Fifty Two Week High 135.89
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.559998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.107145466
Fifty Two Week Low 88.25
Fifty Two Week Low Change 33.08
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.37484422
Fifty Two Week Range 88.25 - 135.89
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 783,613,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.35
Float Shares 104,516,870
Forward Eps 10.92178
Forward P E 11.108995
Free Cashflow 1,464,337,536
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Fullday Change 1.3100052
Fullday Change Percent 1.0914891
Fullday Price 121.33
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.37951002
Gross Profits 3,475,099,904
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02256
Held Percent Institutions 0.90963
Implied Shares Outstanding 106,823,183
Industry Packaged Foods
Industry Disp Packaged Foods
Industry Key packaged-foods
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=77952&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Last Dividend Value 1.12
Last Fiscal Year End 1,777,507,200
Long Business Summary The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products worldwide. The company operates through five segments: U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Frozen Handheld and Spreads, U.S. Retail Pet Foods, Sweet Baked Snacks, and Away From Home. It offers coffee, sweet baked goods, pet snacks, frozen handheld products, peanut butter, cat and dog food, fruit and specialty spreads, cookies, frozen sandwiches and snacks, hot beverages, portion control products, toppings and syrups, baking mixes and ingredients, and flour. The company provides its products under the Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin', Jif, Smucker's, Uncrustables, Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Canine Carry Outs, Hostess, and 1850 brand names. It sells its products through direct sales and brokers to food retailers, club stores, discount and dollar stores, online retailers, pet specialty stores, distributors, drug stores, military commissaries, mass merchandisers, supermarket chains, national mass retailers, convenience stores, vending channels, and foodservice distributors and operators. The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio.
Long Name The J. M. Smucker Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 12,960,857,088
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_303591
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,456,000
Net Income To Common 229,500,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,809,043,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,940,560,388
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 121.43
Operating Cashflow 1,909,900,032
Operating Margins 0.17898001
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 2.0561
Peg Ratio 2.17
Phone 330 682 3000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 121.33
Post Market Time 1,791,926,603
Previous Close 120.02
Price Eps Current Year 11.262719
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.2537801
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.4154198
Profit Margins 0.02506
Quick Ratio 0.288
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.10526
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.31001
Regular Market Change Percent 1.09149
Regular Market Day High 122.35
Regular Market Day Low 120.64
Regular Market Day Range 120.64 - 122.35
Regular Market Open 121.43
Regular Market Previous Close 120.02
Regular Market Price 121.33
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,602
Regular Market Volume 1,039,289
Return On Assets 0.06257
Return On Equity 0.03931
Revenue Growth 0.05
Revenue Per Share 85.779
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 106,823,183
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0399
Shares Short 4,257,083
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 4,508,070
Short Name The J.M. Smucker Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.040799998
Short Ratio 3.22
Source Interval 15
State OH
Symbol SJM
Target High Price 157.0
Target Low Price 120.0
Target Mean Price 142.125
Target Median Price 145.0
Total Cash 43,200,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.404
Total Debt 6,940,199,936
Total Revenue 9,156,899,840
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.42
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.036827195
Trailing Eps 2.14
Trailing P E 56.69626
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 109.1906
Two Hundred Day Average Change 12.139404
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.11117628
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,039,289
Website https://www.jmsmucker.com
Zip 44,667-0280