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) Return on invested capital

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The J. M. Smucker Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 4.15%, up 2.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (1.81%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.08% (fiscal 2025) to 6.91% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 25% of that period. That is above the Packaged Foods industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.22%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 1.81% 4.89
FY2025 −3.08% (8.18)
FY2024 5.10% 4.16
FY2023 0.94% (4.20)
FY2022 5.14% (1.77)
FY2021 6.91% 1.21
FY2020 5.70% 1.49
FY2019 4.21% (1.00)
FY2018 5.21% (0.18)
FY2017 5.39% (0.42)

Against its own ten years

Low −3.08% High 6.91%
Ten-year median 5.12%
Current reading's percentile 25

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SFD Smithfield Foods, Inc. compare 10.9%
JBS JBS N.V. compare 6.89%
DAR Darling Ingredients Inc. compare 6.55%
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated compare 5.90%
LW Lamb Weston compare 5.80%
SJM The J. M. Smucker Company 4.15%
HRL Hormel Foods Corporation compare 3.64%
MICC The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. compare 0.00%
GIS General Mills, Inc. compare −0.63%
Packaged Foods industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.22%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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