The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM) earnings on August 26, 2026
More The J. M. Smucker Company earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic
Volatly's outlook before the earnings on August 26, 2026: Optimistic.
SJM price around the earnings
130.90
Change: +4.4%
2026-08-26, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
124.94
129.16
133.37
137.59
125.40
August 26, 2026
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- End of the measured window
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- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic
- Thesis published
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Modest expectations, the scenario is optimistic.
- Reasoning
- The stock has been rising steadily, and analysts are positive with a buy rating, but the price target offers only a small upside. The company's earnings history is mixed, and the stock is market review in a tight range.
- Playbook
- The stock has climbed over the past month, slightly outperforming the market, but it's stuck in a narrow range. Analysts are positive but see limited upside, and the earnings history is mixed.
- Trend
- No trend data available
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Neutral
Analysts have a buy rating (2.11) with a target price of $128, but that's only 1.8% above current levels, limiting the potential reward.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.11
- Analysts covering the stock
- 16
- Average price target
- 127.69
- Lowest price target
- 107
- Highest price target
- 142
- Upside to price target
- 1.8%
- Revenue growth
- 5.8%
- Forward EPS
- 10.77
- Trailing EPS
- -1.29
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 5
- Strong buy: 3
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 9
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 3
- Buy
- 7
- Hold
- 9
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- August 20, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- August 19, 2026 · Jefferies: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- August 19, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- August 14, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 23, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Positive
Wall Street forecast revisions are positive ahead of Q1 earnings, with three positive news items versus one negative.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
Sources (6)
- Nvidia, Zoom Communications and 3 Stocks to Watch Heading Into Wednesday (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Top Wall Street Forecasters Revamp JM Smucker Expectations Ahead Of Q1 Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- How To Earn $500 A Month From JM Smucker Stock Ahead Of Q1 Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Buy on JM Smucker, Raises Price Target to $142 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- TD Cowen Maintains Hold on JM Smucker, Raises Price Target to $123 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on JM Smucker, Raises Price Target to $139 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock is up 7% over two weeks and 6% over a month, slightly beating the market. It's market review in a tight range between $125.29 and $126.12, suggesting consolidation.
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 125.57
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -0.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +7.0%
- 30-day change (32d)
- +6.1%
- 30-day relative strength
- +2.5%
- SPY change (32d)
- +3.6%
- Nearest support
- 125.29
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.2%
- Nearest resistance
- 126.12
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.4%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.67
- Mid: 125.29 (0.2% away, 0.11 ATR, 5 touches)
- Minor: 124.68 (0.7% away, 0.35 ATR, 6 touches)
- Mid: 123.88 (1.3% away, 0.66 ATR, 4 touches)
- Mid: 126.12 (0.4% away, 0.22 ATR, 6 touches)
- Minor: 126.88 (1.1% away, 0.52 ATR, 1 touches)
- Mid: 127.58 (1.6% away, 0.79 ATR, 3 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +2.2%
- June 9, 2026: actual EPS 2.77 vs estimate 2.64 (surprise +5.0%)
- February 26, 2026: actual EPS 2.38 vs estimate 2.26 (surprise +5.2%)
- November 25, 2025: actual EPS 2.1 vs estimate 2.1 (surprise -0.0%)
- August 27, 2025: actual EPS 1.9 vs estimate 1.93 (surprise -1.4%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Neutral
The company beats earnings expectations 50% of the time, with an average surprise of +2.2%. Recent results have been mixed.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 4%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.7%
- 90th percentile move
- 9%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 9
- Average up move
- +4.6%
- Average down move
- -4.6%
Monitoring and close
What The J. M. Smucker Company reported
- Status
- Pending
Sources (1)
- Official quarterly figures pending confirmation. — Yahoo Finance + Finnhub
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.