Hot High Dividend Companies For 2015

Hot High Dividend Companies For 2015: Dean Foods Company(DF)

Dean Foods Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and beverage company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Fresh Dairy Direct-Morningstar and WhiteWave-Alpro. The Fresh Dairy Direct-Morningstar segment manufactures, markets, and distributes various branded and private label dairy case products, including cream, ice cream mix, and ice cream novelties; creamers and other extended shelf life fluids; yogurt, cottage cheeses, sour creams, and dairy-based dips; fruit juices, fruit-flavored drinks, iced teas, and water; half-and-half and whipping creams; and items for resale, such as butter, cheese, eggs, and milk shakes. This segment sells its dairy case products to retailers, distributors, foodservice outlets, educational institutions, and governmental entities. The WhiteWave-Alpro segment manufactures, develops, markets, and sells various branded dairy and dairy-related products, such as milk and other dairy products; organic dairy products; plant-based beverages, such as soy, almond, and coconut milks; and soy food products, coffee creamers, and creamers and fluid dairy products. It also provides branded soy-based beverages and food products in Europe under the Alpro and Provamel brands. This segment sells its products to various customers, including grocery stores, club stores, natural foods stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, drug stores, and foodservice outlets. The company was formerly known as Suiza Foods Corporation and changed its name to Dean Foods Company on December 21, 2001 as a result of merger between the former Dean Foods Company and Suiza Foods Corporation. Dean Foods Company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Johanna Bennett]

  Dean Foods (DF) reported a bigger-than-expected loss and yanked its full-year gui! dance. The company said it is facing “by far the most difficult operating environment in the history of the company” as prices for milk rises and U.S. consumer buy less of the beverage. The stock fell 3.9%.

• [By Johanna Bennett]

  Whys is Dean Foods (DF) having such a bad day? Well, blame someof it on all those milk drinkers in New Zealand.

  Dean reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss and warned it will post another loss in the third quarter. For the period ended June 30, Dean posted an operating loss of 14 cents a share, compared with 26 cents a share 12 months ago. The company had expected a loss of 2 cents to 8 cents a share. Net sales climbed 7.5% to $2.39 billion.

  Why the dire quarter? The largest milk producer in the U.S. is struggling with surging costs for the raw milk it buys from farmers casued by heavy overseas demand for U.S. dairy products and last year’s drop in production in New Zealand and other big dairy producing cuntries. Dean added that it faced difficulty passing on the higher costs because it risked lower sales volumes at supermarkets, where sales trends have been weak amid a year-long decline in milk consumption.

  As of the closing bell, Dean Foods had fallen almost 4% to end the day at $15.19

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