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Fighting Oil with Coffee; Reiterate Buy
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Fighting Oil with Coffee; Reiterate Buy
June 4, 2026 J.M. Smucker Company
(SJM, Buy, $120 PT)
Robert Dickerson
Fighting Oil with Coffee; Reiterate Buy rdickerson@btig.comCONSUMER Hannah Lascher WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: Higher energy costs are driving U.S. Food sector hlascher@btig.com
profitability fears. Incremental cost pressure could erode margin recovery, cause Company Data
additional pricing needs, and damage demand further. Smucker isn't immune to cost
inflation, but its largest category (coffee) is facing material cost deflation, thereby Closing Price $101.27
Price Target $120.00STAPLES providing balance in an otherwise pressured sector. We remain ahead of consensus
over the next two years, and reiterate our Buy rating. Market Cap (M) $10,805.51
Enterprise Value (M) $17,897.22 ■ BTIG U.S. Retail Coffee profit analysis suggests upside to consensus. With Arabica
coffee having deflated ~10% over the past month and ~30% since the end of Shares Out (M) 106.70EQUITY April, we still find the U.S. Retail Coffee segment's profit expansion potential Avg Daily Vol-3 Months (M) 1.89
underappreciated. Arabica coffee spot and futures prices now suggest a ~25% Dividend / Yield $4.40 / 4.3%
decline in the commodity in CY’26, with Q4'CY'26 down ~35% y/y. Our BTIG Coffee Revisions
Pricing & Profit Analysis shows that coffee margin and profit expansion should
Previous Current commence in the company’s fiscal Q2'27. Once we combine the cost-deflationary
profit benefits of coffee with the back-half FY’27 tariff add-backs, we’re looking for Rating Buy BuyRESEARCH mid-teens y/y segment EBIT growth next fiscal year. That said, if volumes improve Price Target $120.00 $120.00
off lower pass-through pricing, Smucker simply doesn't pass through as much of FY26E REV 9,034.27 9,029.90
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