Smuckers Q3 results suggest ‘things are going exceptionally well’

Shares of J.M. Smucker Co (NYSE: SJM) are slightly in the red this morning even though the food and beverage company reported market-beating earnings for its third financial quarter.

Chief Executive’s remarks on CNBC

The price action is particularly interesting considering the company also narrowed its guidance for the full year.

According to Smuckers, its per-share earnings will fall between $8.55 and $8.75 in fiscal 2023. Full-year sales are now expected to climb 6.0% this year. On CNBC’s “Squawk Box”, CEO Mark Smucker said:

For the year, Smuckers stock is down about 6.0% at writing.

J.M. Smucker’s Q3 earnings snapshot

• Net income printed at $208.5 million versus the year-ago $69.7 million
• Per-share earnings also climbed significantly from 64 cents to $1.95
• Adjusted EPS came in at $2.21 as per the earnings press release
• Revenue jumped 8.0% on year-over-year basis to $2.22 billion
• FactSet consensus was $2.13 of EPS (adj) on $2.22 billion in revenue

Free cash flow went meaningfully up to $442.7 million in the recent quarter. Speaking with CNBC, CEO Smucker also said:

Nonetheless, Wall Street currently rates this food stock at “hold” and does not see a meaningful upside from here on average.