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Hain Celestial Keeps Healthy - Analyst Blog

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:42:00 GMT

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN) produces, distributes, markets, and sells various natural and organic food, as well as personal care products. The company offers popular "better-for-you" products in grocery, snacks and frozen/refrigerated categories. Healthy internal sales growth, driven by consumer demand for natural food products, and management's focus on improving profit margins bode well for Hain Celestial Group's outlook. In addition, management's acquisition strategy adds incremental growth to the company's organic sales growth. The company has been successful implementing price increases with the most recent having been realized in August, though the delay in effecting the price increase (coupled with grain cost hedges) negatively impacted the gross margin in the first[More...]

Hain Celestial Otherworldly - Analyst Blog

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:47:00 GMT

Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) is the nation's largest manufacturer and marketer of natural food products, one of the fastest growing segments in the food industry. Management's acquisition activity has expanded the company's geographical presence and provided opportunities to cross-sell products. Also, management is focused on improving profitability through new product introductions, cost cutting programs, another SKU (stock keeping units) Rationalization Program, and new co-packing arrangements. The improvement of performance metrics improved with the adoption of Heinz's (HNZ) Operating Free Cash Flow and Cash Conversion Cycle model. The company enjoys pricing flexibility with prices having been raised over nine times in the past four[More...]

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:58:00 GMT

Companies that could issue positive surprises include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), SucessFactors (SFSF) and Sunoco (SUN). Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA) could potentially disappoint investors. The Week's Events November has historically been one of the best months for the major markets, according to the[More...]

Lifeway Foods Bizarre Valuation

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:46:00 GMT

The current market turmoil, while painful, has also produced a number of attractive opportunities. The small cap area in particular has resulted in a number of valuations that one could read about in Ben Graham books but rarely expected to see in a modern, electronic-based "efficient" market. However, when reviewing a number of small caps to invest in, I came across Lifeway Foods Inc. ("LWAY" or the "Company") and found what appears to be a good short sell candidate. While the stock is close to its 52 week low, I was still baffled by its seemingly absurd valuation and believe it has significant downside risk given the frothy valuation multiples it commands irrespective of a bull or bear market. [More...]

Activist Takes a Seat at Sara Lee

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:50:00 GMT

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Hain Celestial Keeps Healthy - Analyst Blog

Hain Celestial Otherworldly - Analyst Blog

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

Lifeway Foods Bizarre Valuation

Activist Takes a Seat at Sara Lee

Hain Celestial Reaching the Stars

Analyst Comments: NCR Growth, National-Oilwell, Hain Celestial, Ness Technologies, Alexion Biotech

Organic Gains: Favorite Food Stocks

15 More Stock Tips from the U.S. Government

Analyst Comments: ArvinMeritor, Northrop Grumman, Rent-A-Center, Sierra Wireless, Visteon, Hain Celestial

Hain Celestial Q4 Net Income Down

Analyst Actions: Auto and Truck Suppliers, Hain Celestial

The Hain Celestial Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

Celestial Seasonings(R) New Green Tea Cracks the Bitterness Code, Sleepytime(R) Gets a New Flavor

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Leading Pioneers in Antibiotic-Free Poultry Launch New Line of Kosher Turkey and Chicken

Pegasus Capital Advisors Increases Equity Ownership in Hain Pure Protein

Hain Celestial UK Cited As No. 1 Green Food and Drink Company in Britain

Hain Celestial to Present at The Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium on May 14, 2009

The Hain Celestial Group Announces Third Quarter Results - May 4 2009 4:53PM

The Hain Celestial Group Announces Third Quarter Results

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