J. M. Smuckers Co. (SJM)

It is ripe for consolidation. It is always a bit of a richly valued company. Food and beverage is traditionally the safe place to be. They have done a good job with reinvestment opportunities. They have a long term record of growth and sustainable results.

The stock has done really well and relative outperformance has been great. This gives you a low to mid-teen pretty steady grower on an earnings basis. He feels okay about this.

Incredibly well run. 40% of sales and 50% of profits is from coffee. Huge margins of 25% on coffee. Their jellies and jams, etc. continues to do well. They are very great act making small acquisitions in specialty things. Had some issues on the costs of inputs into their products, which has hurt margins a little. Thinks this will be stabilizing. They also increase dividends and buybacks shares. Trades at about 18X earnings with a 2.1% yield.