J.M. Smucker reported Q2 FY2026 with strong top-line growth driven by coffee pricing and Café Bustelo, but tariffs and commodity costs pressured margins. Guidance was narrowed but EPS midpoint maintained, with management highlighting sequential improvement and optimism for FY2027. Key growth platforms Uncrustables, Café Bustelo, and Meow Mix continue to gain share, while Hostess and spreads face headwinds. Q2 adjusted EPS of $2.10 declined 24% YoY; net sales +3% (comparable +5%), reflecting coffee pricing and Café Bustelo +41%.
J.M. Smucker reported Q2 FY2026 with strong top-line growth driven by coffee pricing and Café Bustelo, but tariffs and commodity costs pressured margins. Guidance was narrowed but EPS midpoint maintained, with management highlighting sequential improvement and optimism for FY2027. Key growth platforms Uncrustables, Café Bustelo, and Meow Mix continue to gain share, while Hostess and spreads face headwinds. Q2 adjusted EPS of $2.10 declined 24% YoY; net sales +3% (comparable +5%), reflecting coffee pricing and Café Bustelo +41%.
J.M. Smucker reported Q2 FY2026 with strong top-line growth driven by coffee pricing and Café Bustelo, but tariffs and commodity costs pressured margins. Guidance was narrowed but EPS midpoint maintained, with management highlighting sequential improvement and optimism for…
Management expressed confidence in navigating the dynamic environment, highlighting strong portfolio performance and reiterating full-year guidance despite headwinds.
Full-year FY2026 EPS guidance narrowed to $8.75-$9.25 (midpoint $9 maintained), with revenue growth 3.5%-4.5% (comparable +5.5% at midpoint).
Green coffee tariff removal prompted cancellation of a winter pricing action, leaving ~$0.50 EPS unrecovered tariff cost this year.
Café Bustelo net sales up 41% in U.S. retail coffee. Management expressed confidence in navigating the dynamic environment, highlighting strong portfolio performance and reiterating full-year guidance despite headwinds.
Management reduced capital expenditures expectations to $325 million for the fiscal year, down from prior guidance, while continuing to invest in key growth platforms and prioritizing debt reduction.
Management expressed confidence in navigating the dynamic environment, highlighting strong portfolio performance and reiterating full-year guidance despite headwinds.
“Given the recent changes to U.S. trade policy to exclude tariffs on green coffee, we are no longer contemplating another pricing action in early winter. Without this pricing action, we will not fully recover green coffee tariff costs incur…”
“We remain on track for the Uncrustables brand to generate over $1 billion in net sales by the end of this fiscal year. ... We have nearly tripled sales for the Uncrustables brand at convenience stores over the past year.”
| Metric | Period | Range | Midpoint | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capex | FY2026 | $0.325B | $0.325B | GUIDED |
| EPS | FY2026 | $8.75–$9.25 | $9.00 | GUIDED |
| Free cash flow | FY2026 | $0.975B | $0.975B | GUIDED |
| Gross margin | FY2026 | 35% | 35% | GUIDED |
| Revenue | FY2026 | 3.5%–4.5% | 4% | GUIDED |
| Issued | Metric | Target | Guide | Actual | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 Q1 | Free cash flow | FY2026 | $0.875B–$0.975B | $1.2B | Met / beat |
Smucker decided not to take a winter pricing action for coffee because green coffee tariffs were removed, leaving ~$0.50 EPS unrecovered tariff cost this year. This indicates limited ability or willingness to fully pass through tariff costs, which may pressure margins across the coffee category. — If Smucker cannot pass through tariff costs, competitors like Keurig Dr Pepper may face similar margin pressure or be forced to absorb costs, altering pricing dynamics in the at-home coffee market.
“Given the recent changes to U.S. trade policy to exclude tariffs on green coffee, we are no longer contemplating another pricing action in early winter. Without this pricing action, we will not fully recover green coffee tariff costs”
… demonstrating the strength of our portfolio and the resilience of the at-home coffee category. We continue to navigate a highly inflationary environment with the green coffee commodity, and our approach to commodity coverage is to ensure we have a flexible structure that allows us to manage cost fluctuations. Our belief, is that the commodity will normalize over time as it has historically. Finally, given the recent changes to U.S. trade policy to exclude tariffs on green coffee, we are no longer contemplating another pricing action in early winter. Without this pricing action, we will not fully recover green coffee tariff costs incurred in this fiscal year, which negatively impacts our adjusted earnings per share. I am confident that as we move forward, our portfolio is well positioned for long-term sustainable growth, with offerings across the value spectrum and three of the top eight brands in the attractive at-home coffee category. In frozen handheld and spreads, net sales declined 5%, primarily driven by decreases for Jif peanut butter and Smucker's fruit spreads, partially offset by an increase for Uncrustable Sandwiches. In the quarter, Jif Peanut Butter declined 12%, …