Packaged Foods & Meats

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Cemex SaB (NYSE: CX) 4,684 puts, 110 calls 2. Gildan Activewear (NYSE: GIL) 3,761 puts, 133 calls 3. CIT Group (NYSE: CIT) 3,333 puts, 315 calls 4. Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) 19,841...

Morgan Stanley is retaining its Equal-weight rating and $14.50 PT on shares of Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE). Sara Lee Corporation currently trades at $16.99.

BB&T Capital is out with its report today on Ralcorp Holdings (NYSE: RAH), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, BB&T Capital writes, "EPS were $1.26 (ex mark-to-market gain and small cost items), a high-quality beat relative to our $1.18 projection and the consensus of $1.24. Further,...

BB&T Capital is out with its report today on Flowers Foods (NYSE: FLO), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, BB&T Capital writes, "FLO reported Q4'10 EPS of $0.34 compared to our $0.40 estimate and consensus of $0.39. The entire miss, relative to our estimate, was due to lower-than-...

Deutsche Bank maintains its Buy Rating on Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) after its fiscal Q2 earnings report. In the report, Deutsche Bank states, “operating EPS of $0.24 was $0.03 below our est. and $0.01 below consensus. Sales were down 0.4% although we view the balance between volume (-5.8%) and price/...

Shares of Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN) have jumped 3.74% during Tuesday's trading session after analysts at Argus Research raised their price target on the stock from $30.00 to $33.00. The firm has a Buy rating on the stock. In the last 52-weeks, HAIN shares are up more than 100%. Legendary...

Synchronoss Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: SNCR) shares moved up 11.72% to $34.80 at 10:35 am. The volume of SNCR shares traded was 1031% higher than normal. SNCR reported upbeat Q4 earnings. Exide Technologies (NASDAQ: XIDE) shares rose 14.16% to $11.93. The volume of XIDE shares traded was 1009%...

Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) CEO says there are no restrictions, if someone wants to buy the whole company prior to the planned spin-off.

Shares of Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE) dropped about 0.7% after the company reported its fiscal second-quarter results. SLE's earnings came in at $1.37 per share, up from $0.53 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's sales dropped to $2.35 billion from $2.36 billion. On an adjusted basis...

Deutsche Bank has published a research report on Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) after the company reported 4Q EPS slightly below analyst estimates. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "Flowers reported opr. 4Q10 EPS of $0.34 vs. our $0.38 est and consensus of $0.39. There were no one-time items in...

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) announced today that it increased the list price for the majority of its coffee products sold in the United States, primarily consisting of items sold under the Folgers® and Dunkin' Donuts® brand names. Prices will increase an average of 10 percent on impacted...

Downers Grove, Illinois-based Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) on Tuesday morning released financial results. Sara Lee Corporation reported that its 2nd quarter net income climbed to $880 million, or $1.37 per share, up from $371 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier. The company reported...

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN) from $30 to $33 and maintains its Buy rating.

In conjunction with the planned separation, Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) board of directors intends to declare a $3.00 per share special dividend on the company's common stock, the majority of which will be funded with proceeds from the sale of the company's North American Fresh Bakery business.

Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE): Adjusted net sales1 up 1.8% in the quarter, driven by top-line improvement in the two growth businesses- North American Retail and International Beverage; reported net sales essentially flat Diluted EPS as reported of $1.37 compared to $0.53 in year-ago period...