Report
Zain Akbari, CFA
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Wide-moat Mead Johnson’s short-term woes do not change its attractive long-term outlook.

We do not expect to make a large change to our $87 per share fair value estimate for wide-moat Mead Johnson after its second-quarter earnings announcement. The firm posted a 9% sales decline, with its year-to-date 10% pullback outpacing our 5.4% target. We plan to cut our 2016 top-line growth estimate by 150-200 basis points, offset by a higher-than-expected gross margin and tax savings to leave our $3.48 per share full-year adjusted EPS forecast largely unchanged (with both measures near the lo...
Underlying
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

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Zain Akbari, CFA

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