Dean Foods News

Lows are slightly outpacing highs today as the market explores territory just south of breakeven.

The firm currently has a $16.00 target price on the stock. Zacks ' analyst wrote, "Dean Foods' first-quarter 2012 earnings of $0.31 per share came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.21 and jumped over two-folds from the prior-year period primarily driven by a recovery in its fluid milk business with continuous growth at WhiteWave-Alpro ... (more)

3, 2011 at the Portland Hilton in Portland, Ore. CEO pay still is extremely high, but it became more tied to company performance in 2011, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal .

Shareholders of Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. spoke out Wednesday, literally and via the ballot, as company executives at the annual meeting sought to focus more on growth and less on the company's past stock swoon.

Fitch has also affirmed each entity's Issuer Default Rating . The ratings are as follows: The upgrades are due to improved recovery prospects on Dean's debt obligations following two quarters of significant operating income growth and management's commitment to conservative financial policies.

The firm currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on DF.

Shares of Dean Foods Co. jumped more than 11 percent Wednesday after the Dallas-based dairy giant posted a nearly 50 percent boost in profit and indicated it might finally be coming out of "the wilderness." To read the full story, you need Subscriber Content access.

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Fossil, Inc. : JPMorgan downgraded Fossil citing a lack of catalysts to move shares higher following yesterday's 38% decline.

US dairy giant Dean Food raised its full-year outlook today after it booked an increase in first-quarter profits driven by "solid" growth across all units and tight expense control.

S&P 500 component Dean Foods Company reported net income above Wall Street's expectations for the first quarter.

Dean Foods extended its return into investors' good books by unveiling higher-than-expected quarterly profits and lifting its guidance on its full-year result, helped by the weakened dairy market.

Stronger than forecasted growth in each of its three operating units pushed Dean Foods Co.

S&P 500 component Dean Foods Company will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.