---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091419-23-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SJM"
cik: "0000091419"
company_name: "J M SMUCKER Co"
filed_at: "2023-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:05:56.953606+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smucker Q4 adj EPS $2.64 (+18%), revenue $2.23B (+10%); FY24 adj EPS guide $9.20-$9.60

## Summary
- Net sales $2.23B, +10% YoY; comparable net sales +11%.
- GAAP net loss per share $5.69 on $1.0B pre-tax loss from pet food divestiture.
- Adjusted EPS $2.64, +18% YoY; full year adj EPS $8.92.
- FY24 guidance: comparable net sales +8.5-9.5%, adj EPS $9.20-$9.60, FCF $650M.
- Returned $467.9M to shareholders in Q4 via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091419-23-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SJM
- cik: 0000091419
- company_name: J M SMUCKER Co
- filed_at: 2023-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141923000052/0000091419-23-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141923000052/sjm-20230606.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091419-23-000052
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091419-23-000052.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091419-23-000052.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  J M SMUCKER Co reported fiscal year 2024 results: EPS $9.20 to $9.60. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fiscal year 2024
  - EPS: $9.20 to $9.60
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: On June 6, 2023, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141923000052/0000091419-23-000052-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  J M SMUCKER Co reported the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ending April 30, 2023 results: revenue $2.2 billion, net income Net loss per diluted share for the quarter was $5.69, EPS $2.64.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ending April 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $2.2 billion
  - Net income: Net loss per diluted share for the quarter was $5.69
  - EPS: $2.64
  - Result: reported results
  source text: label dry pet food business on December 1, 2021. All comparisons are to the fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year, unless otherwise noted. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Net sales were $2.2 billion, an increase of 10 percent. Net sales excluding the impact of divestitures and foreign currency exchange increased 11 percent. • For the fiscal year, net sales were $8.5 billion,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141923000052/0000091419-23-000052-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  J M SMUCKER Co reported the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023 results: revenue $8.5 billion, net income Net loss per diluted share was $0.86, EPS $8.92.
  - Period: the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $8.5 billion
  - Net income: Net loss per diluted share was $0.86
  - EPS: $8.92
  - Result: reported results
  source text: $2.2 billion, an increase of 10 percent. Net sales excluding the impact of divestitures and foreign currency exchange increased 11 percent. • For the fiscal year, net sales were $8.5 billion, an increase of 7 percent. Net sales excluding the impact of divestitures and foreign currency exchange increased 9 percent. • Net loss per diluted share for the quarter was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141923000052/0000091419-23-000052-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.