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Zain Akbari, CFA
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Ongoing Accounting Saga Leads Us to Move Hain’s Uncertainty Rating to Very High; Valuation Unchanged

Although our $45 per share valuation for no-moat Hain Celestial is unchanged, we are increasing our uncertainty rating for the natural foods company to very high from high, in light of its ongoing financial reporting delay and the SEC’s investigation into the firm. With the company’s last released quarterly results covering the period ended March 31, 2016, nearly a year has passed since the firm’s last published reporting window, a delay longer than we anticipated when Hain announced it would de...
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Hain Celestial Group Inc.

Hain Celestial Group manufactures, markets, distributes and sells organic and natural products. The company sells its products in the following categories: grocery, which includes infant formula, infant, toddler and kids foods, as well as other food products; snack products, which includes a variety of potato, root vegetable and other vegetable chips, straws, tortilla chips, whole grain chips, pita chips and puffs; personal care, which includes skin, hair and oral care, deodorants, baby care items, body washes, sunscreens and lotions; and tea, which provides varieties of herbal, green, black, wellness, rooibos and chai tea.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Zain Akbari, CFA

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