Dean Foods Stock Highlight

Dean Foods is a stock on our buy list that is up 43% for the year. This may seem great except it is down from its high of $47 from 2007.

Dean Foods Company is a food and beverage company. It operates through two segments: Fresh Dairy Direct-Morningstar and WhiteWave-Alpro. Fresh Dairy Direct-Morningstar is a processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products in the United States, with products sold under more than 50 local and regional brands and a range of private labels. WhiteWave-Alpro markets and sells a variety of dairy and dairy-related products, such as Horizon Organic milk and other dairy products, The Organic Cow organic dairy products, as well as other plant-based beverages and soy food products, International Delight coffee creamers and LAND O LAKES creamers and fluid dairy products, and Silk plant-based beverages, such as soy, almond and coconut milks, and cultured soy products. WhiteWave-Alpro also offers soy-based beverages and food products in Europe and markets its products under the Alpro and Provamel brands. On February 1, 2011, it completed the sale of its Mountain High yogurt operations.


According to Eddy Elfenbein's "Simplest Valuation method." the stock still has room to move up based on next year's earning estimate of $1.33 per share.