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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091419-24-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SJM"
cik: "0000091419"
company_name: "J M SMUCKER Co"
filed_at: "2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:19:45.819522+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smucker Q1 adj EPS $2.44 (+10%), net sales $2.1B (+18%); cuts FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- Q1 adj EPS $2.44, up 10% YoY; GAAP EPS $1.74, down 3% due to amortization and higher interest.
- Net sales $2.1B, up 18% (1% comparable growth); Hostess acquisition added $333.7M.
- Lowers FY2025 guidance: net sales growth 8.5-9.5% (prev 9.5-10.5%), adj EPS $9.60-$10.00 (prev $9.80-$10.20).
- Segment: Frozen Handheld/Spreads +7%, Pet Foods -9%, Coffee flat; Sweet Baked Snacks (Hostess) $333.7M.
- Q1 free cash flow $49.2M vs $67.6M; FY free cash flow guided $875M, capex $450M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091419-24-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SJM
- cik: 0000091419
- company_name: J M SMUCKER Co
- filed_at: 2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/91419/000009141924000075/0000091419-24-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141924000075/sjm-20240828.htm

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