Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), The Coca-Cola Company (KO): 3 Large Cap Companies for Your Portfolio Today

Food manufacturing giant The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) makes well-known brand names, such as Smucker’s Jelly, Jif Peanut Butter, and Folgers coffee.

Smucker’s increased sales and free cash flow 9% and 96% respectively year to date. Smucker’s long term debt to equity ratio stands at 38% as of the most recent quarter. Cash flow increases stem from lower cash costs for inventory and lower capital expenditures.

As of this writing, J.M. Smucker pays $2.08 per share per year in annual dividends yielding 2.1% with total dividends equating to 31% of free cash flow.

The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)’s shareholders will continue to benefit from strong brand name recognition giving its products a certain level of uniqueness. Smucker’s “International, Foodservice, and Natural Foods” increased 28% in the last quarter giving indication of future growth potential in those arenas as well.

On the whole, these companies sell products essential to human living such as low cost merchandise, bottled water, and food such as peanut butter. These factors provide the solid growing fundamentals that convert to superior returns for shareholders in the form of dividends and capital gains.

The article 3 Large Cap Companies for Your Portfolio Today originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by William Bias.

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