Report
Zain Akbari, CFA
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Blue Buffalo is poised to capitalize on trends favoring premium and natural pet foods.

Though its first-quarter results leave the company on-pace to meet our full-year expectations, our $26 fair value estimate for narrow-moat Blue Buffalo should see a high-single-digit percentage uptick as we incorporate our forecast for 2018 U.S. corporate tax reform. We see the shares as attractive at current levels. Although its 8% first-quarter sales increase lags our 10% full-year mark (performance should accelerate through the year), we are encouraged the higher-margin wet food and treat off...
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Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc

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Morningstar
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Zain Akbari, CFA

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