SJMJ.M. Smucker Company (The)
Is it safe?
Strong, no red flags: clean books.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
Insiders were net sellers (-$13.9M, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026), selling is often routine.
Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -38% · now 9% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Apr 30, 2026.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can SJM take a bad year?
J.M. Smucker Company (The) carries $6.69B of net debt at 6.25× EBITDA: a heavy load to carry through a bad year.
Net debt · as at Q1 2027 · over four years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation, heavy
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 6.25×
Net debt / EBITDA
- Debt / equity
- 1.17×
Debt / equity
- Annualised volatility
- 29%
Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2027
- $6.74B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $43M
- Net debt
- $6.69B
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $1.07B
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $826M
- Debt / equity
- 1.17×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 6.29×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 29%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −38%
- Below its 52-week high
- 9.5%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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