Packaged Foods & Meats

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) from $24 to $25 and maintains its Buy rating.

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that RealD (NYSE: RLD) is “way too risky for me." Cramer believes that Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is a “3% yielder going to 4%. If you can take the pain of oil coming down, I would hold onto it." He believes that Partner Communications' (...

As our population ages, the quest for income to fund retirement has never been greater. With interest rates at or near all-time lows, the traditional fixed income option does not provide enough yield to meet the needs of most people desirous of living off their portfolio income. Consequently,...

Shares of Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) are higher on the session by 6.42%, trading at $21.70. Overall call volume is now running at 2.95x the daily average, with 47% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,916 contracts have traded on the session so far. Smithfield Foods, Inc...

Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: JVA) shares have been one of, if not the strongest stock in the NASDAQ in the month of June after it reported blow out earnings earlier this month. Shares are up another 9% today, gaining $1.27 to $14.00, a gain of 9.98%‎ on 1.4 million shares today. The average...

Shares of Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ: SAFM) are up another 4% on Thursday to $44.83. The stock has jumped more than 8% in the last 5 trading days. Sanderson Farms trades at a trailing P/E of 31.41 and a forward P/E of 15.77. The median Wall Street price target on the stock is $46.50 with a high target...

Shares of Cosan Limited (NYSE: CZZ) are lower on the session by 0.03%, trading at $12.30. Overall put volume is now running at 2.07x the daily average, with 38% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,290 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cosan Limited is a holding company...

MediaMind Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: MDMD) shares surged 38.33% to $22.05 at 10:17 am. The volume of MDMD shares traded was 8943% higher than normal. DG FastChannel Inc (NASDAQ: DGIT) announced its plans to acquire MDMD for around $418 million in an all-cash deal. RIT Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:...

According Oppenheimer, Synutra International (NASDAQ: SYUT) 4Q11 results showed SYUT's operations are on a recovery track: revenue of $79.3M (+79% qoq) was significantly higher than Street consensus of $58.4M and our estimate of $52.1M. Oppenheimer said that EPS of ($0.15) beat Street's ($0.17)....

Analysts at Robert W. Baird downgraded Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY) from “outperform” to “neutral.” KFY's shares closed at $22.95 yesterday. Korn/Ferry's PEG ratio is 1.25. Analysts at FBR Capital downgraded Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) from “outperform” to “market perform.” Intel's...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on General Mills (NYSE: GIS), downgrading GIS from Buy to Neutral. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We are downgrading General Mills to Neutral from Buy and lowering our 12-month price target by $2 to $42. Our downgrade reflects our view that...

Goldman Sachs has downgraded General Mills (NYSE: GIS) from Buy to Neutral and has lowered the price target from $44 to $42.

Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) is expected to post its Q1 EPS at $1.32 on revenue of $5.15 billion. Winnebago Industries Inc (NYSE: WGO) is projected to report its Q3 EPS at $0.13 on revenue of $151.43 million. Smithfield Foods Inc (NYSE: SFD) is expected to report its Q4 earnings at $...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Kroger Company (The) (NYSE: KR) to report its Q1 EPS at $0.64 on revenue of $26.48 billion. KR shares surged 2.75% to $23.58 in after-hours trading. Finisar Corp (NASDAQ: FNSR) issued downbeat projections for the first...

The stocks below are showing signs of, or already in the process of, breaking down as the smart money appears to be leaving them in a subtle manner. There are stocks trading at its peak and finally showing some vulnerability, while on the other extreme, there are stocks that have been in a channel...