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The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SJM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.23 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SJM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.23 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), The J. M. Smucker Company moved 0.23% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 23% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.35 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.19% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.61% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Packaged Foods · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaged Foods · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SJM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — The J. M. Smucker Company

SJM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
J. M. Smucker makes and sells branded packaged food and drink across five reporting lines: coffee, frozen handheld and spreads, pet foods, sweet baked snacks, and away-from-home foodservice. Its brands include Folgers and Café Bustelo in coffee, Jif and Smucker's in spreads, Uncrustables in frozen handhelds, and Meow Mix and Milk-Bone in pet care. It reaches shoppers through retailers, club and dollar stores, drug stores, distributors and foodservice operators, and is based in Orrville, Ohio.
Where it sits in the stack
Smucker sits in our Packaged Foods sleeve, within Consumer Defensive; it carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so the read stops at sector and sleeve rather than a stack layer.
Who it is priced against
Its cohort is Packaged Foods in the United States, alongside Conagra, General Mills, McCormick, Ingredion, Campbell's, Lamb Weston, Pilgrim's Pride and Darling Ingredients; the market also names Kraft Heinz as a comparison.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Smucker holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score, so the diary ranks its cohort on trend state — distance from the 50- and 200-day averages — rather than on a score.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how the shares sit against the 200-day average and how far the price trades from the analyst target, since either could shift the trend read.

The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-20. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-08-20

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SJM from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 142 Target set to $142 (+15.6% to spot) 2026-08-20
  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 107 from 102 Target raised to $107 from $102 (-11.1% to spot) 2026-08-14

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.65%, quarterly · last 1.12 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What SJM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.42 USD per share · a 3.65% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +1.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.34 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.12 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.06 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.28 USD · 2025: 4.36 USD · 2026: 3.32 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-16

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is The J. M. Smucker Company (SJM)?

The J. M. Smucker Company trades as SJM on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is SJM in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — The J. M. Smucker Company is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does SJM trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.8% vs the 50-day and +12.8% vs the 200-day average, 11% below the 52-week high and +38.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 66 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does The J. M. Smucker Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year The J. M. Smucker Company had a beta of 0.23 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 23% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.19% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does The J. M. Smucker Company do?

J. M. Smucker makes and sells branded packaged food and drink across five reporting lines: coffee, frozen handheld and spreads, pet foods, sweet baked snacks, and away-from-home foodservice. Its cohort is Packaged Foods in the United States, alongside Conagra, General Mills, McCormick, Ingredion, Campbell's, Lamb Weston, Pilgrim's Pride and Darling Ingredients; the market also names Kraft Heinz as a comparison.

Where does The J. M. Smucker Company sit in the AI build-out?

Smucker sits in our Packaged Foods sleeve, within Consumer Defensive; it carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so the read stops at sector and sleeve rather than a stack layer. Smucker holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Closelooknet score, so the diary ranks its cohort on trend state — distance from the 50- and 200-day averages — rather than on a score.

Does The J. M. Smucker Company pay a dividend?

The J. M. Smucker Company has paid 4.42 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.65% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.12 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on The J. M. Smucker Company recently?

The most recent analyst action on The J. M. Smucker Company on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-08-20 (target 142). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SJM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Packaged Foods. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.