Filed under: Investing , Earnings , Campbell Soup Company , Stock Picks When you’re the world’s biggest soup maker, it’s important to have good stock. Campbell Soup ( CPB ) reported Monday that its fiscal-first quarter earnings rose 17%, beating Wall Street’s view by a hearty 6 cents a share. True, revenue dipped slightly, but that was more due to difficult year-over-year comparisons and the fact that Campbell rolled out its major soup-season marketing campaign a couple of months early this year. Continue reading Campbell Soup’s stock looks m’m, m’m good Campbell Soup’s stock looks m’m, m’m good originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Investing , Earnings , Stock Picks Cash-strapped consumers are eating more meals at home and that’s slathering J.M. Smucker’s ( SJM ) bottom line in sweet, sticky profits. The packaged-food maker said Friday that fiscal second-quarter earnings boomed more than 170%, blowing past Wall Street’s estimates by 18 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters. Even more impressive, revenue leaped by 52%. Smucker may be best known for its eponymous jams and jellies — other brands include Jif, Hungry Jack, Crisco and Pillsbury — but it’s the Folgers coffee business the company acquired from Procter & Gamble ( PG ) last year that’s jolting growth. Continue reading With a name like Smucker, the stock’s got to be good With a name like Smucker, the stock’s got to be good originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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