For the quarter ended April 2025, Smucker (SJM) reported revenue of $2.14 billion, down 2.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.31, compared to $2.66 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.18% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.19 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.25, the EPS surprise was +2.67%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Smucker performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- U.S. Retail Frozen Handheld and Spreads: $449.80 million versus $462.28 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.2% change.
- Net Sales- U.S. Retail Coffee: $738.60 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $715.26 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.9%.
- Net Sales- U.S. Retail Pet Foods: $395.50 million compared to the $433.66 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -12.6% year over year.
- Net Sales- International and Away From Home: $308.90 million compared to the $310.83 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.1% year over year.
- Net Sales- Sweet Baked Snacks: $251 million compared to the $270.36 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -25.5% year over year.
- Segment Profit- Sweet Baked Snacks: $20 million compared to the $53.95 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Segment Profit- U.S. Retail Coffee: $211.20 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $182.87 million.
- Corporate administrative expenses: -$75.10 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of -$93.98 million.
- Segment Profit- U.S. Retail Frozen Handheld and Spreads: $91 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $93.28 million.
- Segment Profit- International and Away From Home: $69.20 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $62.50 million.
- Segment Profit- U.S. Retail Pet Foods: $106.10 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $115.33 million.
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Shares of Smucker have returned -0.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +6.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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