The J. M. Smucker Company

SJM Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods

The J. M. Smucker Company’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $9.1 billion, up 3.72% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 5.02%, EPS grew 841.5%, free cash flow grew 511.7% and total debt fell 15.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

127.43 1.50 +1.19%
Market cap
$13.5B
P/E
59.3×
Fwd P/E
12.9×
Dividend yield
3.47%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.17
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
41/100

The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM) Gross margin

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The J. M. Smucker Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 38.7%, up 5.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (33.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 32.9% (fiscal 2023) to 39.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 27.5% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.8%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 33.5% (5.26)
FY2025 38.8% 0.70
FY2024 38.1% 5.24
FY2023 32.9% (0.91)
FY2022 33.8% (5.46)
FY2021 39.2% 0.74
FY2020 38.5% 1.28
FY2019 37.2% (1.35)
FY2018 38.6% 0.20
FY2017 38.4% 0.36

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 44.1% 6.13
Apr 2026 38.0% 2.62
Jan 2026 35.4% (1.94)
Oct 2025 37.3% 14.87
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Against its own ten years

Low 32.9% High 39.2%
Ten-year median 38.0%
Current reading's percentile 81

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 39.1%
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company 38.7%
GIS General Mills, Inc. compare 33.6%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 26.3%
LW Lamb Weston compare 19.4%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 15.7%
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 13.4%
JBS JBS N.V. compare 11.8%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare —
Packaged Foods industry median 27.5%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.8%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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