Consumer staples are considered safe havens in turbulent markets due to their inelastic demand profiles. Unfortunately, the sector hasn’t provided much protection lately as it pulled back by 9.7% over the past six months. This drop was worse than the S&P 500’s 2% loss.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) and the best and worst performers in the shelf-stable food industry.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and the best and worst performers in the shelf-stable food industry.
Food flavoring company McCormick (NYSE:MKC) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales flat year on year at $1.61 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.60 per share was 6.8% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
The research firm said that the topline growth would be muted, and margins might be pressured broadly in the sector due to changing consumer preferences and high input costs.
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The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how McCormick (NYSE:MKC) and the rest of the shelf-stable food stocks fared in Q4.
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today, we are looking at shelf-stable food stocks, starting with J. M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM).
Large-cap stocks have the power to shape entire industries thanks to their size and widespread influence.
With such vast footprints, however, finding new areas for growth is much harder than for smaller, more agile players.
Palantir Technologies Inc. will join the S&P 100 index, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday, as the data analytics firm continues its remarkable post-election rally.
On February 18, 2025, I walked through a signal I got back on Valentine's Day. Now, it's just deciding whether to roll your put hedges down, close your VIX volatility spread, and begin to dip your toes in the water.
