Top 10 Consumer Companies To Own For 2015

Top 10 Consumer Companies To Own For 2015: The Hain Celestial Group Inc.(HAIN)

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells natural and organic products in the United States and internationally. The company offers natural and organic grocery products, including non-dairy beverages and frozen desserts, infant and toddler food, flour and baking mixes, hot and cold cereals, pasta, condiments, cooking and culinary oils, granolas, granola bars, cereal bars, canned, aseptic and instant soups, yogurt, chilis, packaged grain, chocolate, nut butters, nutritional oils, juices, frozen desserts, cookies, crackers, gluten-free frozen entrees and bars, frozen pastas, and ethnic meals. It also provides snack products, such as potato and vegetable chips, organic tortilla style chips, whole grain chips, and popcorn; and specialty tea, including herbal, green, wellness, white, red, and chai teas. In addition, the company offers personal care products, including skin care, hair care, body care, oral care, deodorants, and baby care items, including acne treatment, body washes, and sunscreens. Further, it processes, markets, and distributes prepared foods, such as fresh sandwiches, appetizers, and full-plated meals for distribution to retailers, caterers, and food service providers; and develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells a line of household cleaning products, including laundry detergent and fabric softener, and dish cleaners, as well as glass, bathroom, wood floor, and all purpose cleaners. The company sells its products to specialty and natural food distributors, as well as to supermarkets, natural food stores, mass-market and on-line retailers, drug store chains, food service channels, and club stores. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Kell]

  Hain Celestial Group Inc.(HAIN) said its fiscal second-quarte! r earnings rose 30% on higher revenue, although its gross margin narrowed. But the top line missed analysts’ expectations, sending shares down 6.6% to $85.01 premarket.

• [By Brendan Byrnes]

  The following video segment is part of a full interview, in which The Motley Fool's Brendan Byrnes sits down with Irwin Simon, the founder and CEO of Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN  ) , to take a closer look at the better-for-you food revolution. In this segment, they discusshow the consumer desire for more convenient packaging, while still providing a nutritious item, are shaping future products.

• [By Brendan Byrnes]

  The following video segment is part of a full interview, in which The Motley Fool's Brendan Byrnes sits down with Irwin Simon, the founder and CEO of Hain Celestial (NASDAQ: HAIN  ) , to take a closer look at the better-for-you food revolution. In this segment, they discuss howbeing founder-led has resulted in company growth.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Hain Celestial’s (HAIN) shareholders are feeling a bit healthier today.

  AP

  Shares of Hain have gained today after the health-food company was upgraded by Piper Jaffray. Analyst Sean Naughton and team explain what they like about Hain:

  …we believe it is a high quality play on the secular growth of healthy foods. Specifically, we are encouraged by the ability to capture growth across all channels of distribution as the consumer continues to shift their buying behaviors. Additionally, we believe HAIN’s analyst day Tuesday afternoon, Ella’s launch in Walmart and improvements in UK operations could prove to be catalysts over the next few quarters. Overall, we view HAIN as an attractive core long-term holding within our Healthy Lifestyle universe with solid organic and acquisition driven growth.

  Speaking of growth, Hain’s top line is growing at a 15% clip, nearly twice the 8% average if 17 different consumer packaged ! goods sto! cks during the past 13 years, the analysts write, while margins, though much lower than competitors are getting better. As a result, Naughton upgraded shares of Hain Celestial to Overweight from Neutral and raised his price target to $94 from $80.

  Shares of Hain have gained 2.2% to $79.91 today at 11:13 a.m–and trumping other health-food stocks today. Annie’s Homegrown (BNNY) has ticked up 0.4% to $49.61, Boulder Brands (BDBD) has risen 0.6% to $15.96 and Whitewave Foods (WWAV) has dropped 1.3% to $18.93.

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