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  • 3 Companies That Add Taste and Texture to Your Portfolio

    By William Bias - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: INGR, SJM, MKC

    Companies that make products that perform mundane tasks such as adding flavor and texture to your food can really improve portfolio performance over the long term. These products never go out of fashion unlike computers and electronics. The three companies below possess qualities that make their stock worthy of long-term ownership.

    Creating texture

    Ingredion (NYSE: INGR) makes “starches, sweeteners, texturants, and nutritionals” that go into the taste and texture of more »

  • Perk Up Your Portfolio With a Little Caffeine

    By Nauman Aly - May 19, 2013 | Tickers: DNKN, GMCR, SJM, SBUX, THI

    Coffee has long been the beverage of choice in many parts of the world, and the US has joined the coffee craze with gusto. Although Americans don’t tend to like it quite as strong as it is served in Spain, Italy, France and throughout Central and South America, the continued strong performance of such giant coffee chains as Starbucks  (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Dunkin’ Donuts (NASDAQ: DNKN) makes an investment more »

  • Finding a Way to Play an American Classic

    By Robert Hanley - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: BDBD, CAG, SJM

    There are a few things that are American classics: baseball, apple pie, and peanut butter and jelly.  The latter has been a staple item in kids’ lunchboxes for decades.  Despite rising concerns over allergic conditions, peanut butter continues to be a popular, cheap source of protein for a wide swath of Americans.  Since most people don’t want to own a peanut farm, the best way to invest in peanut more »

  • An Insider Just Bought This Hedge Fund Darling

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, GIS, SJM, K, MJN

    According to a filing with the SEC, an LLC connected to Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE: MJN) board member Howard Bernick purchased a little over 3,500 shares of the company’s stock on April 30 at an average price of $82.38 per share. Insiders should be reluctant to buy shares of their company, instead preferring to diversify - unless they are more confident in the stock’s prospects than the more »

  • Building a Watch List From Your Kitchen

    By William Bias - May 3, 2013 | Tickers: BGS, KO, CAG, SJM

    Whether you’re just getting started in stock market investing or you’ve been doing it for 20 years you may be at a loss for ideas. Building a watch list represents a good way to compile investment ideas and test them to see whether those companies will perform up to your expectations before investing. The Motley Fool Watch List helps you do just that. In addition, you can see more »

  • 5 Food Companies To Feed Your Watchlist

    By Cory Renauer - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, GIS, HRL, SJM, MKC

    The packaged food companies below all market branded items that supermarkets and mini-marts absolutely must carry, or they risk losing business to stores that do. Just think about what people would say about a supermarket that refused to stock Cheerios in the cereal aisle. Also, because of their brand recognition, these companies don’t need to enter pricing wars with competitors. They can continue to charge higher prices for a more »

  • Invest in the Next Heinz and Get Paid to Wait

    By Marshall Hargrave - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: DPS, GIS, SJM, K, HSY

    One great thing about food and drink stocks is that everyone eats and drinks. In terms of international growth, our ability to export a little bit of Americana is a bright spot for American industry. As markets worry about a global slowdown, food stocks and consumer staples continue to perform through the economic cycles. As these worries persist, it's wise for investors to get defensive and into this sector more »

  • Long Lasting Brands = Long Lasting Returns

    By William Bias - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: HOG, HAS, SJM

    Brands and their various components such as the logos, color schemes, writing, and history create a psychological bond between a product and its consumers. History’s most enduring brands have made shareholders of the companies that own them rich over the decades.

    Jerome Smucker, founder of food manufacturer J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM), understood this fact over 100 years ago when he founded the company. When he sold products from more »

  • 9 Reasons to Buy this Spice and Condiments Maker

    By William Bias - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: INGR, SJM, MKC

    Spice and condiment maker McCormick (NYSE: MKC), one of the so called “boring” companies, gave investors a 115% total return versus 25% for the S&P 500 over the past five years as of this writing (see chart below). The nine reasons below explain why this company will continue to provide market-beating returns for its owners.

    MKC Total Return Price data by YCharts

    1. A robust consumer business. Revenue and more »

  • Is General Mills a Good Stock to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, GIS, SJM, K, MDLZ

    General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is often offered as a classic consumer staples stock, and in fact the stock price bears essentially no relationship with the broader market in statistical terms going by the beta of 0.03. Normally, then, General Mills would be expected to have underperformed the market in the last year- a time when the S&P 500 has risen 16%. However, the stock currently stands 27% higher more »

  • This Coffee Stock is Going Strong

    By Shas Dey - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: GMCR, SJM, SBUX

    Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) is one coffee stock which is enjoying an upward rally currently. The stock has shown a staggering growth with an increase of 110% in the stock price since November 2012. Good financial performance in the first quarter of 2013 and some recent initiatives have contributed in the rise of the stock price. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is a leader in specialty coffee and coffee more »

  • This Coffee Stock Is Going Strong

    By Shas Dey - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: GMCR, SJM, SBUX

    Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) is one coffee stock that is enjoying an upward rally currently. The stock has shown a staggering growth, increasing 110% since November 2012. Good financial performance in the first quarter of 2013 and some recent initiatives have contributed to the rise. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers and is known for its award-winning coffees and innovative brewing more »

  • 3 Large Cap Companies for Your Portfolio Today

    By William Bias - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: KO, SJM, WMT

    Large cap companies, generally defined as companies with a market capitalization in excess of $10 billion, typically possess a solid brand name, fundamentals, income from dividends (in some cases), and competitive positioning which can help fortify your portfolio. The four companies below contain those qualities.

    Retailing giant Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), generally regarded as the local go to place for low priced merchandise, compels people to drive miles past more expensively more »

  • Trade Out Of Consumer Staples for More Upside With Tech

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, SJM, HSY

    Consumer staples have been having a heckuva year due to an all-consuming search for yield and safety. Defensives like Hershey (NYSE: HSY), and J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) are rattled off on new high lists seemingly daily. P/E ratios are getting stretched and the whole sector seems dangerously overbought.

    Not that these aren't great American companies, but a newer American company has been lost in the shuffle that more »

  • This Food Stock Enjoys a Healthy Appetite for Dividends

    By Jordan Wathen - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: GIS, SJM, PF

    Pinnacle Foods (NYSE: PF) was set for the third-largest IPO this year, yet it's not in notoriously 'bubblicious' industries like technology or 3-D printing. In fact, it's just your average, ordinary food producer. Investors considered the $551 million IPO under-priced, as shares of Pinnacle Foods advanced to $22.50 per share from an IPO price of $20 per share. 

    What investors see in Pinnacle Foods

    The company has more »

  • Two of America's Best Small Food Processing Companies

    By Anh HOANG - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: BGS, CVGW, SJM

    Forbes recently released a list of 100 America’s Best Small Companies. It would be quite interesting for us to scan through the list to find several attractive investment opportunities. The list ranks 100 companies in terms of sales, sales growth, EPS growth and return on equity. In this article, I will take a closer look at two food-processing companies in the list.

    Overleverage with negative book value

    B&G more »

  • A Sweet Investment in Food

    By Binu Buvaria - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: CAG, SJM, MDLZ

    J.M. Smucker(NYSE: SJM) has been in operation for more than 110 years, offering wholesome and high-quality products. Yet the company's financial reality is bitter. Its main products are lower-margin baked and packaged food, which hampers the company's fast growth. As sales of its main products decline, Smucker is protecting itself with forays into new sectors such as beverages and organic and natural foods.

    Business Metrics

    While more »

  • With a Stock Like Smucker’s, It Has to be Good!

    By Evan Buck - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, SJM, KRFT

    The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) is still headquartered in the same small town of Orrville, Ohio, where Jerome Smucker first sold apple butter out of a horse-drawn wagon long ago in the late 1800s. The company has become a strong presence in the culinary market as the purveyor of various preserves and jams, but there is more to the company than simply delicious strawberry jelly. Overall, Smucker’s more »

  • The War of the Coffee Giants

    By Piyush Arora - March 6, 2013 | Tickers: DNKN, GMCR, SJM, MCD, PNRA, SBUX

    Back in the day, coffee was used just to keep us going. But as time progressed, the same cup of coffee came to represent a more glamorous lifestyle. Suddenly people began drinking coffee to rejuvenate themselves, and spending $2-$5 for a cup of coffee was no longer considered ridiculous. This process is still under way, as Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Dunkin Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) continue to enter unexplored markets more »

  • The Strength in Consumer Staples: What's Up With That?

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, CAG, SJM

    If you're familiar with Saturday Night Live you've seen the recurring skit in which Kenan Thompson hosts a talk show where none of the celebrity guests ever get to talk because he constantly interrupts to sing his theme song, Ooowee, What Up With That? What Up With That?

    With consumer staples stocks hitting 52 week and all time highs you wonder-what's up with that? Shouldn't defensives more »

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