Here Are the Facts You Need to Understand THS

By Scott Lee • Monday, November 06 12:02 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was Treehouse Foods. Shares of the Packaged foods company plunged -8.7%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $38.8 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

Treehouse Foods has moved -18.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.0%
THS has an average analyst rating of buy and is -23.91% away from its mean target price of $51.0 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.17
Treehouse Foods has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.9 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.4
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.26 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Treehouse Foods is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.36 and an average P/B of 4.29
The company has a free cash flow of $-19300000, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes private label foods and beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides snacking product, such as crackers, pretzels, in-store bakery items, frozen griddle items, cookies, snack bars, and unique candy; and beverage and drink mix, including non-dairy creamer, single serve beverages, broths/stocks, powdered beverages and other blends, tea, and ready-to-drink-beverages. It also offers grocery comprising pickles, refrigerated dough, hot cereal, and cheese and puddings, as well as natural, organic, and gluten free products. The company sells its products through various distribution channels, including retailers, foodservice distributors, foodaway-from-home customers, and co-manufacturers, as well as industrial and export, which includes food manufacturers and repackagers of foodservice products. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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