imagine you are a kid and your mom tells you that if you finish your dinner, you can have a cookie later. So you eat your dinner and you're waiting for the cookie. That's like the J.M. Smucker company. They told everyone they would make a lot of money and everyone was excited. But now they have to show everyone how much money they really made. They think they made a little less money than they said they would. So now they are waiting to see if everyone will still be excited about them even though they didn't make as much money as they said they would. Read from source...
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bullish
Reasoning: Earnings report expected to show growth, and the article mentions the company's "focus on strategic priorities is a major growth driver".